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

Lycoming GSO-580 series

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming GSO-580 series engine, rated at about 400 horsepower. The Beechcraft 60 Duke is the model most often fitted with it (2 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 GSO-580 series. FAA spelling: GSO-580 SER.

Fitted to model families

Beechcraft 60 Duke2

Beechcraft 60 Duke

Where they are owner's state

Wyoming1Indiana1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221960

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming GSO-580 series the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-256, held by Textron Lycoming Avco Corporation). The FAA has issued 3 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 3 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine
1969-01-1666-06-03 · Connecting Rod Assemblies · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E-256Type certificate held by Textron Lycoming Avco Corporation · 4 models listed · revised April 22, 1959

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
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-gso-580-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N100LS Beech
60
Fixed-wing, multi-engine AG Flyers INC
Torrington, Wyoming
Standard 2024-12-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N776 Beech
60
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Thomas Albuzat INC
Westpoint, Indiana
Standard 2016-07-29 Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. 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.