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

Lycoming IGO-480

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IGO-480 engine, rated at about 295 horsepower. The John Alleva Jr 1 is the model most often fitted with it (1 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 IGO-480. FAA spelling: IGO-480.

Fitted to model families

John Alleva Jr 11

John Alleva Jr 1

Where they are owner's state

Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming IGO-480 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-275, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 17 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 17 airworthiness directives · newest first

2022-08-152022-16-03 · 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
2009-02-092009-02-03 · Fuel injection servos · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming IGO-480

Certificates and bulletins

E-275Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 33 models listed · revised June 23, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · 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

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

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-igo-480.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N395AK John Alleva Jr
1
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2024-08-10 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.