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

Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6

6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6 engine, rated at about 200 horsepower. The Crowder John T SAFARI is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1972 and 2019.

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 LIO-360-C1E6. FAA spelling: LIO-360-C1E6.

Fitted to model families

Crowder John T SAFARI1Geoff Gerhardt VELOCITY 173RG1Glenn R Falkenberg VELOCITY SUV1Hamm Donald S VELOCITY ELITE LW RG1Marsh William J COZY MK IV1Piper PA-34 Seneca1

Crowder John T SAFARI · Geoff Gerhardt VELOCITY 173RG · Glenn R Falkenberg VELOCITY SUV · Hamm Donald S VELOCITY ELITE LW RG · Marsh William J COZY MK IV · Piper PA-34 Seneca

Where they are owner's state

Texas3Michigan1Florida1Colorado1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles4 (67%)Piston twins1 (17%)Helicopters1 (17%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

01234119701200042010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E10, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 31 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 20 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 31 airworthiness directives · newest first

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

All orders naming the Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6

Failure reports 20 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01223950009120

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Crankshaft3Stud3Distributor Gear2Bracket1Camshaft1Coil1Cylinder1Liner1Magneto1Piston P In1

Latest reports

2020-05-01Rod End: broken
2015-01-26Stud: broken
2009-01-09Stud: broken
2007-07-28Torque Tube: broken
2005-07-28Camshaft: worn

Certificates and bulletins

1E10Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 89 models listed · revised May 4, 2020

Safety bulletins 5 · 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
2008-09-10NE-06-32R1 · Reciprocating Engine - Crankshaft
2008-07-03NE-08-32 · Propeller Governor 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
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-lio-360-c1e6.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 6

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N173VS Geoff Gerhardt
VELOCITY 173RG
Fixed-wing, single engine Velocity Air LLC
Allen, Texas
Experimental 2025-10-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N15008 Piper
PA-34-200
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC
Denton, Texas
Standard 2022-10-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N528MR Marsh William J
COZY MK IV
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Colorado
Experimental 2019-12-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N886RM Glenn R Falkenberg
VELOCITY SUV
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Michigan
Experimental 2018-03-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N199VA Hamm Donald S
VELOCITY ELITE LW RG
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2012-09-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N731JC Crowder John T
SAFARI
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2006-05-24 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.