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

Lycoming IO-540-P1A5

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-540-P1A5 engine, rated at about 290 horsepower. The Campbell Scott A GLASAIR III is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1946 and 2024.

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-P1A5. FAA spelling: IO-540-P1A5.

Fitted to model families

Campbell Scott A GLASAIR III1Globe GC-1 Swift1Staudacher Aircraft Inc S600 F1Wolford Leland F-1 EVO ROCKET1

Campbell Scott A GLASAIR III · Globe GC-1 Swift · Staudacher Aircraft Inc S600 F · Wolford Leland F-1 EVO ROCKET

Where they are owner's state

Illinois1Florida1Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111940120001201012020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming IO-540-P1A5 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. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 28 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-09-142026-17-10 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section · engine
2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine
2015-11-032015-19-07 · Fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming IO-540-P1A5

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

00011195

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Intake Pipe1

Latest reports

1995-02-08Intake Pipe: broken

Certificates and bulletins

1E4Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 81 models listed · revised February 28, 2018

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-io-540-p1a5.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N13LW Wolford Leland
F-1 EVO ROCKET
Fixed-wing, single engine Withheld at owner's request
Experimental 2024-11-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N233VV Campbell Scott A
GLASAIR III
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2023-12-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N600SF Staudacher Aircraft Inc
S600 F
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2014-04-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N80827 Globe
GC-1B
Fixed-wing, single engine Joda Leasing INC
Tampa, Florida
Experimental 1969-03-20 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.