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

Lycoming LTO-360-E1A6D

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming LTO-360-E1A6D engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Piper PA-44 Seminole 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 LTO-360-E1A6D. FAA spelling: LTO-360-E1A6D.

Fitted to model families

Piper PA-44 Seminole1

Piper PA-44 Seminole

Where they are owner's state

Missouri1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming LTO-360-E1A6D the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E26EA, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 15 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 7 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 15 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2011-07-132011-13-03 · Turbocharger Turbine · engine
2010-04-192010-07-08 · Turbochargers · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming LTO-360-E1A6D

Failure reports 7 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00122196297198110111125

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Rocker Arm2Camshaft1Magneto1Mount1Pushrod1Spring Seat1

Latest reports

2025-01-14Pushrod: separated
2011-11-07Magneto: leaking
2010-09-17Mount: cracked
1998-11-16Camshaft: worn
1997-08-21Rocker Arm: excess worn

Certificates and bulletins

E26EAType certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 6 models listed · revised November 4, 2010

Safety bulletins 11 · advice, not orders

2022-09-26NE-06-31R6 · Engine Lubricating Oils
2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
2011-10-19NE-06-31R5 · Engine Lubricating Oils
2011-07-06NE-06-31R4 · Engine Lubricating Oils

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-lto-360-e1a6d.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N977PM Piper
PA-44-180T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Flamoil Wings LLC
Kaiser, Missouri
Standard 2017-08-29 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.