Lycoming GO-480-G1D6
7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 engine, rated at about 280 horsepower. The Helio H-295 is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1959 and 1972.
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-G1D6. FAA spelling: GO-480-G1D6.
Fitted to model families
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-275, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 13 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 16 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 13 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 16 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders
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
- Helio H-295 4 with this engine series
- Helio H-395 2 with this engine series
- Focke-Wulf FWP 149 1 with this engine series
- Alaska 3 of these aircraft
- North Carolina 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Montana 1 of these aircraft
- Jaars INC 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 16 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-go-480-g1d6.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 7
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N295FW | Helio H-295 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-02-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2267Z | Helio H-295 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-08-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N395C | Helio H-395 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2024-07-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N149WB | Focke-Wulf FWP 149D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2022-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N300LD | Helio H-295 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2018-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N461FM | Helio H-295 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Jaars INC Waxhaw, North Carolina |
Standard | 2012-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N87763 | Helio H-395 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Jaars INC Waxhaw, North Carolina |
Standard | 1977-08-18 | 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.