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

Lycoming IO-360-B1C

6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-360-B1C engine, rated at about 177 horsepower. The Cobb Brian A RV-7A is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2008 and 2013.

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-B1C. FAA spelling: IO-360-B1C.

Fitted to model families

Cobb Brian A RV-7A1Jimenez Daniel L RV-8A1Logan Barry L RV7A1Pappas Lou RV-81Vouga Greg M RV-7A1Wolfenden Ian LANCAIR 360 MK II1

Cobb Brian A RV-7A · Jimenez Daniel L RV-8A · Logan Barry L RV7A · Pappas Lou RV-8 · Vouga Greg M RV-7A · Wolfenden Ian LANCAIR 360 MK II

Where they are owner's state

Tennessee1North Carolina1Georgia1Florida1California1Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles6 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

012455200012010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming IO-360-B1C the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E10, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 29 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 29 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2011-08-162011-15-10 · Fuel servos · engine
2009-02-092009-02-03 · Fuel injection servos · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming IO-360-B1C

Failure reports 1 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011114

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Drive Unit1

Latest reports

2014-06-24Drive Unit: binding

Certificates and bulletins

1E10Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 89 models listed · revised May 4, 2020

Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2016-05-13NE-08-32R1 · Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set Screw
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
2012-11-21NE-13-06 · Pushrod Shroud Spring Retainers, Engine Components Part No. AEL14995, for Lycoming Engines 320,...
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

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1c.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 6

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N231D Pappas Lou
RV-8
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Experimental 2023-03-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N66WE Wolfenden Ian
LANCAIR 360 MK II
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 2023-02-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N472MD Logan Barry L
RV7A
Fixed-wing, single engine Southeast Anesthesia Plc
Mc Donald, Tennessee
Experimental 2022-12-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N563WW Jimenez Daniel L
RV-8A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2013-11-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N614GV Vouga Greg M
RV-7A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
North Carolina
Experimental 2007-10-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N734CA Cobb Brian A
RV-7A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2005-01-14 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.