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

Lycoming O-235-L2A

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-235-L2A engine, rated at about 118 horsepower. The Halaberda Walter B WAG-AERO SUPER SPORT is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2011 and 2012.

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-L2A. FAA spelling: O-235-L2A.

Fitted to model families

Halaberda Walter B WAG-AERO SUPER SPORT1Jack White KIT FOX V1

Halaberda Walter B WAG-AERO SUPER SPORT · Jack White KIT FOX V

Where they are owner's state

California1Alabama1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012222010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-235-L2A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-223, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 13 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 4 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 13 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
2017-08-152017-16-11 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-235-L2A

Failure reports 4 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011195100103105

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Blade1Exhaust Valve1Oil Cooler1Tappet1

Latest reports

2005-01-03Oil Cooler: cracked
2003-08-27Exhaust Valve: separated
2000-11-02Blade: mismanufactured
1995-12-04Tappet: defective

Certificates and bulletins

E-223Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 43 models listed · revised January 31, 2020

Safety bulletins 3 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
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

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-235-l2a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N907WB Halaberda Walter B
WAG-AERO SUPER SPORT
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alabama
Experimental 2014-11-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4803J Jack White
KIT FOX V
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2012-12-03 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.