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

Lycoming HO-360-C1A

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming HO-360-C1A engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Gregory S Miller GM CUB is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2000 and 2015.

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-C1A. FAA spelling: HO-360-C1A.

Fitted to model families

Gregory S Miller GM CUB1Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters1

Gregory S Miller GM CUB · Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters

Where they are owner's state

Pennsylvania1Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (50%)Helicopters1 (50%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

000111200012010

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

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 11 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 56 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 17 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 11 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2017-08-152017-16-11 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · 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

All orders naming the Lycoming HO-360-C1A

Failure reports 56 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0368119899000102030405060709114

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Carburetor9Bearing7Adapter3Bracket3Tube3Camshaft2Cylinder2Cylinder Head2Intake Valve2Magneto2

Latest reports

2014-10-06Bearing: making metal
2009-11-23Bearing: cracked
2007-07-26Cylinder Head: separated
2007-07-15Cylinder Head: separated
2007-06-12Drive Belt: split

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-c1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N9013K Gregory S Miller
GM CUB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2023-02-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N504JN Schweizer
269C-1
Rotorcraft Polarblast LLC
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Standard 2022-04-04 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.