Lycoming O-235 series
6,134 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-235 series engine, rated at about 115 horsepower. The Cessna 152 is the model most often fitted with it (1,545 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1945 and 2025.
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 series. FAA spelling: 0-235 SERIES.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 152 · Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser · Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt · Piper PA-38 Tomahawk · Bellanca 7 Citabria · Champion 7 Citabria and Champ · Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1 Yankee and Trainer · Piper PA-16 Clipper · American Aviation AA-1 · American AA-1
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 series the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-223, held by Textron Lycoming Avco Corporation). The FAA has issued 13 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, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 13 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 20 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 4 · 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
- Cessna 152 1,545 with this engine series
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 878 with this engine series
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 552 with this engine series
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawk 409 with this engine series
- Bellanca 7 Citabria 318 with this engine series
- Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 311 with this engine series
- Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1 Yankee and Trainer 305 with this engine series
- Piper PA-16 Clipper 252 with this engine series
- Texas 571 of these aircraft
- California 547 of these aircraft
- Florida 484 of these aircraft
- Alaska 383 of these aircraft
- Washington 217 of these aircraft
- Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC 52 of these aircraft
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC 42 of these aircraft
- Sunrise Aviation INC 36 of these aircraft
- Piper Aircraft INC 16 of these aircraft
- Pea-Wayman Flight LLC 14 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-235-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6,134
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N41821 | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-08-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4805Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-08-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1230K | Luscombe 8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2952M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N801VH | Aircraft Mfg & Development Co CH 2000 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N93196 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hp Aero LLC Scott, Louisiana |
Standard | 2025-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9805U | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3381M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Adirondack Legacy Aircraft LLC Saratoga Springs, New York |
Standard | 2025-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N49142 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Zion Summit Holdings LLC Wesley Chapel, Florida |
Standard | 2025-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9232L | American Aviation AA-1A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2025-08-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N83829 | Christianson VMK-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Mile High Aviation LLC Lewes, Delaware |
Experimental | 2025-08-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N152RA | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana |
Standard | 2025-08-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N24472 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2025-08-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3052M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2025-08-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6117M | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Fayette Hawks Flying Club INC Somerville, Tennessee |
Standard | 2025-08-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N67507 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wright Aero INC Saint Cloud, Minnesota |
Standard | 2025-08-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N68938 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wingspan 152 LLC Valparaiso, Indiana |
Standard | 2025-08-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N86642 | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-08-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N89114 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Drop Table Airplanes LLC San Anselmo, California |
Standard | 2025-08-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N12XZ | Cessna 140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 140 LLC Birmingham, Alabama |
Standard | 2025-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5976L | American AA-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Mexico |
Standard | 2025-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6279P | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana |
Standard | 2025-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N99NR | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2025-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N53887 | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2025-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9299L | American Aviation AA-1A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3807K | Beech 77 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Faucette Micro Systems INC Fallon, Nevada |
Standard | 2025-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4909Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Versatile Aviation LLC Waterford, Michigan |
Standard | 2025-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5146X | Champion 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Chart-Airs LLC West Terre Haute, Indiana |
Standard | 2025-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N152HF | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-08-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6304L | American Aviation AA-1A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2025-08-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9738U | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-07-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25502 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Georgia |
Standard | 2025-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N285T | Piper PA-18 105 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5475Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Raptor Flight LLC Fort Worth, Texas |
Standard | 2025-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9644U | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8880L | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2025-07-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91383 | Piper PA-38-112 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-07-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N63628 | Cessna 172P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Black Hills Airplanes LLC Rapid City, South Dakota |
Standard | 2025-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3697M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-07-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2495A | Piper PA-38-112 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2025-07-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4706Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Airsmith Aviation LLC Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4817B | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Priority One Insurance & Investments INC Hillsboro, North Dakota |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5067C | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N57627 | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Foothill Sport Aviation LLC Cameron Park, California |
Multiple | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5835Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8375V | Champion 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Illinois |
Standard | 2025-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4968Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2025-07-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5610Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2025-07-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5866H | Piper PA-16 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-07-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2501Z | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-07-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N818T | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Slipstream Aviation LLC Carrollton, Georgia |
Standard | 2025-07-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N800TY | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Avcorp Holdings INC Jackson, Michigan |
Standard | 2025-07-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N93454 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner District of Columbia |
Standard | 2025-07-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2459G | Piper PA-38-112 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2025-07-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N209SA | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | International Air Services INC Owner Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2025-07-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N342PT | Patton L A/Kirth J J PATKIRTH PT2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2025-07-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5186Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2025-07-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5502C | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2025-07-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76405 | Cessna 140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-07-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2500E | Piper PA-38-112 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2025-07-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4189Y | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-07-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2984M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4680Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Propelling the Gospel Missions INC Standish, Maine |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4761L | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC Denton, Texas |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5242X | Champion 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5343Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Golden Age Aeroworks LLC Lone Rock, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9671L | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9690L | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N15EL | Logsdon SPORT BIPLANE V-STAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2025-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4717B | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Coastal Flight INC Tierra Verde, Florida |
Standard | 2025-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5080Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2025-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5106B | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Kansas |
Standard | 2025-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5590Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2025-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N814GP | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2025-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2638M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N33GS | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Fish N Fly LLC Hobe Sound, Florida |
Standard | 2025-06-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5148T | Champion 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2025-06-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9629S | Champion 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2025-06-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N982G | Champion 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2025-06-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4713B | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2025-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5187Z | Piper PA-22-108 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2025-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8991L | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sky Clock LLC Mesa, Arizona |
Standard | 2025-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N177CT | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2025-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25922 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N68812 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Avcorp Holdings INC Jackson, Michigan |
Standard | 2025-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N757MP | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Avcorp Holdings INC Jackson, Michigan |
Standard | 2025-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N94891 | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Avcorp Holdings INC Jackson, Michigan |
Standard | 2025-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2503V | Piper PA-38-112 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Alpha Aviation Holdings Group LLC Raleigh, North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-06-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4922B | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Avcorp Holdings INC Jackson, Michigan |
Standard | 2025-06-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2378M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-06-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N31281 | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Citabria 1972 LLC Soldotna, Alaska |
Standard | 2025-06-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3898M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Costa Air Service LLC Painted Post, New York |
Standard | 2025-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9697L | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2025-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19BT | Thibodaux BREEZY |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Experimental | 2025-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9925U | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2650Z | Bellanca 7ECA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2025-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N38462 | Beech 77 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2025-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7964H | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9182A | Piper PA-38-112 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Alpha Aviation Holdings Group LLC Raleigh, North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6135Q | Cessna 152 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lake Effect Aviation LLC Java Center, New York |
Standard | 2025-06-06 | 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.
