Lycoming IO-540-L1C5
18 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-540-L1C5 engine, rated at about 300 horsepower. The Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2 is the model most often fitted with it (12 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1991 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-540-L1C5. FAA spelling: IO-540-L1C5.
Fitted to model families
Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2 · Bode Gerd B SWEARINGEN SX300 · Burnup Russell J SX 300 · Carl G Stattin LANCAIR LEGACY · Dotson David L GLASAIR III · Gregory Edward G Jr SX-300 · Mckinney Michael C SWEARINGEN SX 300
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-540-L1C5 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E4, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 28 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 28 airworthiness directives · newest first
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
- Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2 12 with this engine series
- Idaho 5 of these aircraft
- Alaska 3 of these aircraft
- Washington 2 of these aircraft
- Delaware 2 of these aircraft
- Wyoming 1 of these aircraft
- US Department Of The Interior 3 of these aircraft
- Kingfisher Air INC 2 of these aircraft
- U S Department Of The Interior 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540-L1C5 28 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-io-540-l1c5.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 18
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N38SX | Gregory Edward G Jr SX-300 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2026-01-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71KB | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sparless Air LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-08-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25YY | Carl G Stattin LANCAIR LEGACY |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 5C Aviation LLC Scottsdale, Arizona |
Experimental | 2024-08-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N602BC | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | N602Bc LLC Wasilla, Alaska |
Multiple | 2022-04-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51SX | Mckinney Michael C SWEARINGEN SX 300 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | 2021-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N500FA | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Kingfisher Air INC Kodiak, Alaska |
Standard | 2020-09-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N669BC | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Phantom Holdings LLC Lexington, Nebraska |
Standard | 2020-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N444JE | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ranchlands LLC Hyattville, Wyoming |
Standard | 2019-03-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N377SX | Burnup Russell J SX 300 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Experimental | 2019-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N67SX | Bode Gerd B SWEARINGEN SX300 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Nj Hoyt & Company LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Experimental | 2016-07-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N629L | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Mackay Restaurant Management Group INC Seattle, Washington |
Standard | 2015-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N818ES | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Kingfisher Air INC Kodiak, Alaska |
Standard | 2015-07-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N797DS | Dotson David L GLASAIR III |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2010-12-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N716M | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | US Department of the Interior Boise, Idaho |
Restricted | 2008-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N709M | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | US Department of the Interior Boise, Idaho |
Standard | 2007-09-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N706M | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | U S Dept of the Interior Boise, Idaho |
Restricted | 2007-07-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N794 | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | U S Department of the Interior Boise, Idaho |
Restricted | 2005-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N796 | Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | US Department of the Interior Boise, Idaho |
Multiple | 2005-03-16 | 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.