Lycoming O-235-C1B
20 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-235-C1B engine, rated at about 115 horsepower. The Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1947 and 2020.
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 O-235-C1B. FAA spelling: O-235-C1B.
Fitted to model families
Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt · Berry Jerry L ANDERSON KINGFISHER · Brown Tony CORBEN JUNIOR ACE E · C W Bingham / Rod H Church ZENITH STOL CH750 · Clingan Wallace E TR-2 · Cramer Todd/Alsterlind Stephen CRAMER/ALSTERLIND L2 · Curcio Matthew L AVENTURA II · Dowrick Charles LIGHT SPORT · Larry W Mullenax STOL CH750 · Nagele Larry L VARIEZE
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 O-235-C1B the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-223, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 12 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 5 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 12 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 5 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 3 · 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
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 3 with this engine series
- Piper PA-11 Cub Special 1 with this engine series
- Oregon 3 of these aircraft
- California 2 of these aircraft
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- Vermont 1 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235-C1B 12 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235-C1B 5 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-235-c1b.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 20
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N76LN | Nagele Larry L VARIEZE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC Hillsboro, Oregon |
Experimental | 2026-07-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N419GC | Curcio Matthew L AVENTURA II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2025-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N380KP | Piper PA-11 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2024-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N993GW | S M F Builders P100 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sol Aviation LLC Salem, Oregon |
Experimental | 2024-08-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4542Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2024-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N401CD | Dowrick Charles LIGHT SPORT |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Idaho |
Experimental | 2024-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N750FY | C W Bingham / Rod H Church ZENITH STOL CH750 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2022-04-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N215BW | Clingan Wallace E TR-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2022-03-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N750XA | Peter Miller/Dallas Harding Jr CH750 CRUZER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Vermont |
Experimental | 2021-04-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N53LC | Cramer Todd/Alsterlind Stephen CRAMER/ALSTERLIND L2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2020-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N40940 | Brown Tony CORBEN JUNIOR ACE E |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2019-10-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N440JD | Larry W Mullenax STOL CH750 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Mexico |
Experimental | 2018-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N214NL | Richard G Lescher REVOLUTION II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2017-06-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N751MD | Vaughn Billy D STOL CH 750 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2014-10-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N601VL | Vavra Roger L ZODIAC 601XL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Iowa |
Experimental | 2014-07-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20VS | Stukey Virgil D CORBIN JR ACE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ace Aircraft CO INC Toccoa, Georgia |
Experimental | 2013-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N194JB | Berry Jerry L ANDERSON KINGFISHER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2011-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N87VK | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner | Standard | 2009-07-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5472Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Missouri |
Standard | 2008-10-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N374BW | Wiltse Bruce M WAG-A-BOND TRAVELER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2007-06-07 | 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.