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

Lycoming IO-390 series

312 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-390 series engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The Cirrus SR20 is the model most often fitted with it (54 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2006 and 2026.

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-390 series. FAA spelling: IO-390 SER.

Fitted to model families

Cirrus SR2054Cub Crafters Inc CC1926Arizona Backcountry Avn Llc CCX-23002Ccx-2300-0016 Llc CCX-23002N924Gm Llc CCX-23002246X Inc CCX-230018Le Llc VANS ACFT INC RV-14A1Abbott Wayne B SPORTSMAN GS-21Alpha Tango Aviation Llc CCX-23001Ammenti David A SPORTSMAN1Anchor Roofing Llc CCX-23001Anderson Wallace RV-14A1

Cirrus SR20 · Cub Crafters Inc CC19 · Arizona Backcountry Avn Llc CCX-2300 · Ccx-2300-0016 Llc CCX-2300 · N924Gm Llc CCX-2300 · 246X Inc CCX-2300 · 8Le Llc VANS ACFT INC RV-14A · Abbott Wayne B SPORTSMAN GS-2 · Alpha Tango Aviation Llc CCX-2300 · Ammenti David A SPORTSMAN

Where they are owner's state

California33Arizona32Texas23Washington19Florida18Montana17Delaware16Colorado16Oregon15Utah13

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles311 (100%)Weight-shift and powered parachutes1 (0.3%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

03672107143119501198043200011620101432020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming IO-390 series the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 2 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011114122

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Distributor Gear1Muffler1

Latest reports

2022-02-04Muffler: cracked
2014-05-07Distributor Gear: defective

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-io-390-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 312

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N241DF Nathanson Louis D
SPORTSMAN 2+2 GS-2
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2006-09-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N232TB Rudberg Todd W
VANS ACFT RV8
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2003-08-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2NG Goretsas Michael D
RV-8A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2003-08-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N144CG Nx Cub 1 Llc
CCX-2300
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Idaho
Experimental CanceledFAA registration status code 18: Sale reported, canceled. All codes
N190XC Cub Crafters Inc
CC19-180
Fixed-wing, single engine Cub Crafters INC
Yakima, Washington
Experimental ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2244R Overland Freedom Llc
CCX-2300
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N334GM N924Gm Llc
CCX-2300
Fixed-wing, single engine Southern Cubs LLC
Jupiter, Florida
Experimental ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N397CC Cub Crafters Inc
CC19-180
Fixed-wing, single engine Cub Crafters INC
Yakima, Washington
Experimental ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N488CC Kline Charles G
SPORTSMAN GS-2
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Delaware
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N54DH Phyto Farms Inc
CCX-2300
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Iowa
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N806WT Aviat Aircraft Inc
A-1C-200
Fixed-wing, single engine Aviat Aircraft INC
Afton, Wyoming
Experimental ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N82XC Cub Crafters Inc
CC19-180
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Georgia
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
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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.