Lycoming IO-320-E2A
11 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-320-E2A engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Bellanca 7 Citabria is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1969 and 2025.
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 IO-320-E2A. FAA spelling: IO-320-E2A.
Fitted to model families
Bellanca 7 Citabria · Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout · Chamberlain Dwight RV-6 · Galpin Harry PITTS SPECIAL S1C · Hardman D / Hubbell J RV-3 · Jerry Bland VANS AIRCRAFT RV-9A · Steve Alderman LANCAIR 320 · Sutterlin Elmer R RV-4 · Van Eendenburg John VANS RV-4 · Zaugg Larry VANS RV-6A
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming IO-320-E2A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E12, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 32 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 10 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 32 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 10 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders
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
- Bellanca 7 Citabria 2 with this engine series
- Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 1 with this engine series
- Minnesota 2 of these aircraft
- Georgia 2 of these aircraft
- Virginia 1 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- South Dakota 1 of these aircraft
- Aaa Aviation LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-320-E2A 32 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-320-E2A 10 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-io-320-e2a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 11
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N54LJ | Galpin Harry PITTS SPECIAL S1C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-11-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8239A | Jerry Bland VANS AIRCRAFT RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2025-10-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N779GS | Bellanca 7KCAB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 779 Aviation LLC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2025-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N163DH | Hardman D / Hubbell J RV-3 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2025-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2568T | Zaugg Larry VANS RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Minnesota |
Experimental | 2022-12-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N41696 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aaa Aviation LLC Donalsonville, Georgia |
Standard | 2019-04-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25SA | Steve Alderman LANCAIR 320 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2018-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N618VM | Van Eendenburg John VANS RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Experimental | 2018-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N909MP | Bellanca 7KCAB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sky Guy LLC Frankenmuth, Michigan |
Standard | 2018-01-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9XK | Chamberlain Dwight RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2014-10-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N26DB | Sutterlin Elmer R RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Dakota |
Experimental | 2008-06-30 | 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.