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

Lycoming IO-720-C1B

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming IO-720-C1B engine, rated at about 400 horsepower. The Navion NAVION B 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-720-C1B. FAA spelling: IO-720-C1B.

Fitted to model families

Navion NAVION B1

Navion NAVION B

Where they are owner's state

California1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111950

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming IO-720-C1B the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E15, held by Textron Lycoming Subsidiary of Textron INC.). The FAA has issued 19 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 19 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · 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
2012-01-252011-26-04 · Externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2011-08-162011-15-10 · Fuel servos · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming IO-720-C1B

Certificates and bulletins

1E15Type certificate held by Textron Lycoming Subsidiary of Textron INC. · 12 models listed · revised February 15, 1988

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

2016-05-13NE-08-32R1 · Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set Screw

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-720-c1b.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N5390K Navion
NAVION B
Fixed-wing, single engine Navion Customs LLC
Chino, California
Experimental 2018-03-20 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.