The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming IO-360A

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-360A engine, rated at about 200 horsepower. The Dale Snodgrass VANS RV-8 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 IO-360A. FAA spelling: IO-360A.

Fitted to model families

Dale Snodgrass VANS RV-81

Dale Snodgrass VANS RV-8

Where they are owner's state

New Mexico1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112010

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

The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine

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-360a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N717CS Dale Snodgrass
VANS RV-8
Fixed-wing, single engine 717 Aviation INC
Alto, New Mexico
Experimental 2018-12-31 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.