Lycoming IO-360-A3B6
5 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-360-A3B6 engine, rated at about 200 horsepower. The Mooney M-20 is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1979 and 2022.
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-360-A3B6. FAA spelling: IO-360-A3B6.
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-360-A3B6 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E10, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 27 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 67 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 4 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 27 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 67 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
- Mooney M-20 4 with this engine series
- Valiair Limited CO Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Garmin International INC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360-A3B6 27 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360-A3B6 67 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-io-360-a3b6.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 5
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N4722P | Mooney M20J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Eac Property Management LLC Atlanta, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N69LN | Mooney M20J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Valiair Limited CO Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2022-01-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N368KA | Snader Kirk W RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2021-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1169N | Mooney M20J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 69 November LLC Driftwood, Texas |
Standard | 2001-08-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5272K | Mooney M20J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Garmin International INC Salem, Oregon |
Experimental | 1994-01-27 | 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.