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

Lycoming HO-360-B1B

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming HO-360-B1B engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1994 and 2008.

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 HO-360-B1B. FAA spelling: HO-360-B1B.

Fitted to model families

Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters1Smith Cameron T RV41

Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters · Smith Cameron T RV4

Where they are owner's state

Texas1New Mexico1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (50%)Helicopters1 (50%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

000111199012000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming HO-360-B1B the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 14 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 14 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2008-10-202008-19-05 · Parallel Valve'' reciprocating engines · engine
2006-01-312005-26-10 · ECi cylinder assemblies. · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming HO-360-B1B

Certificates and bulletins

E-286Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 72 models listed · revised April 30, 2013

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-ho-360-b1b.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N300AR Schweizer
269C
Rotorcraft Aw Industries LLC
Comanche, Texas
Standard 2016-09-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4684C Smith Cameron T
RV4
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New Mexico
Experimental 2007-11-07 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.