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

Lycoming GO-480-G1A6

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming GO-480-G1A6 engine, rated at about 280 horsepower. The Helio H-295 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-G1A6. FAA spelling: GO-480-G1A6.

Fitted to model families

Helio H-2951

Helio H-295

Where they are owner's state

Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111970

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming GO-480-G1A6 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-275, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 12 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 4 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 12 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-G1A6

Failure reports 4 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011197199106118

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Axle1Cap1Cylinder1Propeller1

Latest reports

2018-06-04Cylinder: worn
2006-12-12Propeller: corroded
1999-07-19Axle: broken
1997-01-06Cap: cracked

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-go-480-g1a6.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N69VJ Helio
H-295
Fixed-wing, single engine Lucida Group US LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
Standard 2015-12-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. 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.