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

Lycoming HIO-360-C1A

6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming HIO-360-C1A engine, rated at about 205 horsepower. The Donald Williams CHRISTAVIA MK 4 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1975 and 2021.

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 HIO-360-C1A. FAA spelling: HIO-360-C1A.

Fitted to model families

Donald Williams CHRISTAVIA MK 41Enstrom Helicopter Corp 2801Enstrom Helicopter Corp F-28A1Hancock William J VELOCITY-STANDARD1Rutan Aircraft Factory Inc RUTAN DEFIANT1Thrift-Dale SKYBOLT-11

Donald Williams CHRISTAVIA MK 4 · Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280 · Enstrom Helicopter Corp F-28A · Hancock William J VELOCITY-STANDARD · Rutan Aircraft Factory Inc RUTAN DEFIANT · Thrift-Dale SKYBOLT-1

Where they are owner's state

Washington1Pennsylvania1New Hampshire1Florida1Delaware1Arkansas1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles3 (50%)Helicopters2 (33%)Piston twins1 (17%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221970119801200022020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming HIO-360-C1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E10, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 30 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 21 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 6 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 30 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2015-11-032015-19-07 · Fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-252011-26-04 · Externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2011-08-162011-15-10 · Fuel servos · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming HIO-360-C1A

Failure reports 21 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0245795969798000102040609111

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Plug7Gearbox2Bracket1Bumper Block1Check Valve1Coil1Crankcase1Crankshaft1Cylinder1Drive Belt1

Latest reports

2011-11-11Drive Belt: frayed
2009-03-02Support Bracket: damaged
2006-11-17Bracket: broken
2004-02-07Seal: worn
2002-08-09Bumper Block: missing

Certificates and bulletins

1E10Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 89 models listed · revised May 4, 2020

Safety bulletins 3 · 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
2008-09-10NE-06-32R1 · Reciprocating Engine - Crankshaft

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-hio-360-c1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 6

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N3982 Donald Williams
CHRISTAVIA MK 4
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2025-07-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3398M Enstrom Helicopter Corp
280C
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2024-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N101DT Thrift-Dale
SKYBOLT-1
Fixed-wing, single engine Cristal Air INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Experimental 2023-01-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N603TB Rutan Aircraft Factory Inc
RUTAN DEFIANT
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Lifetime Tax and Accounting Pllc
Concord, New Hampshire
Experimental 2022-07-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N827PM Hancock William J
VELOCITY-STANDARD
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2018-02-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N319EN Enstrom Helicopter Corp
F-28A
Rotorcraft Medic Choppers LLC
Springdale, Arkansas
Standard 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.