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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming GO-480-F4A6

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming GO-480-F4A6 engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Wayne C Alsworth Jr BCRAFT MHV HUNTER II is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Lycoming GO-480-F4A6. FAA spelling: GO-480-F4A6.

Fitted to model families

Wayne C Alsworth Jr BCRAFT MHV HUNTER II1

Wayne C Alsworth Jr BCRAFT MHV HUNTER II

Where they are owner's state

Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming GO-480-F4A6 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-275, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 11 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 11 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine
2003-08-142003-14-03 · Rotary fuel pumps · engine
1998-09-2898-18-12 · Fuel Pump · engine
1997-08-1297-15-11 · Cylinder kits · engine
1992-07-1092-12-05 · Piston Pins · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming GO-480-F4A6

Certificates and bulletins

E-275Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 33 models listed · revised June 23, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-go-480-f4a6.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N725WA Wayne C Alsworth Jr
BCRAFT MHV HUNTER II
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.