Lycoming O-290
46 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-290 engine, rated at about 125 horsepower. The 2Nd Story Flying Club Inc THORP T-18 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1947 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-290. FAA spelling: O-290.
Fuel: 100LL avgas. Unleaded fuel approvals naming this series: car gasoline under STC SE01943CH (Experimental Aircraft Association INC.).
Fitted to model families
2Nd Story Flying Club Inc THORP T-181Adams Walter H HATZ CB11Baxter Thomas L EAA BIPLANE P-21Calvin Roberts BUSH CHAMP1Chad Smith / Dan Smith BAKENG DEUCE1Craft Steven Z CP11Cuttler Lloyd VJ 22 SPORTSMAN1David M Hughes KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT1Del Reiff LITTLE GUY1Dory Joseph BREEZY1Eaa Biplane GAM-11Elbert R Powell BAMA KLIPPER1
Model families, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| 2Nd Story Flying Club Inc THORP T-18 | 1 |
| Adams Walter H HATZ CB1 | 1 |
| Baxter Thomas L EAA BIPLANE P-2 | 1 |
| Calvin Roberts BUSH CHAMP | 1 |
| Chad Smith / Dan Smith BAKENG DEUCE | 1 |
| Craft Steven Z CP1 | 1 |
| Cuttler Lloyd VJ 22 SPORTSMAN | 1 |
| David M Hughes KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT | 1 |
| Del Reiff LITTLE GUY | 1 |
| Dory Joseph BREEZY | 1 |
| Eaa Biplane GAM-1 | 1 |
| Elbert R Powell BAMA KLIPPER | 1 |
2Nd Story Flying Club Inc THORP T-18 · Adams Walter H HATZ CB1 · Baxter Thomas L EAA BIPLANE P-2 · Calvin Roberts BUSH CHAMP · Chad Smith / Dan Smith BAKENG DEUCE · Craft Steven Z CP1 · Cuttler Lloyd VJ 22 SPORTSMAN · David M Hughes KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT · Del Reiff LITTLE GUY · Dory Joseph BREEZY
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
By kind, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Piston singles | 45 | 98% |
| Helicopters | 1 | 2% |
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-290 the component layer
The FAA has issued 7 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, 8 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first
2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine
1998-10-1998-17-11 · Crankshafts · engine
1991-05-2890-04-06 R1 · Propeller Governor External Oil Line · engine
1977-08-1875-08-09 · Oil Pump Drive Shaft · engine
Failure reports 20 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 5 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 05 | 1 |
| 06 | 2 |
| 07 | 3 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 2 |
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Rib | 4 |
| Float | 2 |
| Spar | 2 |
| Arm | 1 |
| Carburetor | 1 |
| Fitting | 1 |
| Flange | 1 |
| Lock Nut | 1 |
| O-Ring | 1 |
| Placard | 1 |
Latest reports
2016-07-25Carburetor: loose
2016-02-19Plug: missing
2014-09-25Tube: delaminated
2011-08-10Fitting: misinstalled
2010-08-31Wheel Half: cracked
Approved replacement parts 88 parts manufacturer approvals
Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:
Superior Air Parts INC 37Aero Accessories INC 6Airtech, Aircraft Technology CORP 5Sky-Tec Manufacturing INC 4Hartzell Propeller LLC 4Hartzell Engine Technologies LLC 4Continental Motors INC 3Continental Aerospace Technologies INC 3
Most often: gasket (16), dry air (8), seat (5), bearing (5), volt starter (4), nut (4), hose (4), starter (3), engine preheat (3), champion spark (3).
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
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 1 with this engine series
- Stits Playboy SA3 1 with this engine series
- Wittman Tailwind W-8 1 with this engine series
Where they are
Airworthiness
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-290 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-290 20 reports since 1995
Analytics
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-290.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 46
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N618PM | Del Reiff LITTLE GUY |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sieh Family LLC Soldotna, Alaska |
Experimental | 2026-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N332JT | Smith Bradley K SIDEWINDER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2026-05-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2311 | Eaa Biplane GAM-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2025-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N32BM | William B Mason PIETENPOL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Preston Pietenpol Project LLC Kalispell, Montana |
Experimental | 2025-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N808K | Hefner Earl E KELLY D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2025-06-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9181C | Cuttler Lloyd VJ 22 SPORTSMAN |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2025-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N276M | Peter G Schroeder SCHROEDER SE5 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2024-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N456PP | Calvin Roberts BUSH CHAMP |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Utah |
Experimental | 2024-10-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N371BS | Saunders Jesse W EAA BI-PLANE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2024-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N141TR | Rodgers Thomas Hayne CANARD PUSHER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N707BD | Chad Smith / Dan Smith BAKENG DEUCE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77ZC | Craft Steven Z CP1 |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2023-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N606JP | Patrick W Reilly WHITMAN TAILWIND W10 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | 2023-11-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N87EH | Harris J Warren HARRIS #5 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2023-09-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2834M | Michael R Snow RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Tower Financial Strategies CORP Rose Hill, Kansas |
Experimental | 2023-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N234S | Ralph A Hudson ZODIAC CH 601 XLB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wyoming |
Experimental | 2023-05-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N307RS | Scott Robert K LONG-EZ |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2022-12-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N14GH | Katz Michael W BREEZY RLU 1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wyoming |
Experimental | 2022-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N53JG | David M Hughes KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2022-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N619TZ | Samuel D Weaver HATZ CB-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2021-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N392T | Johnson William M WAG-A-BOND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2019-04-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N99ER | Spezio Sport DAL-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2018-09-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N813DZ | Robert A Meadows PITTS SPECIAL S-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2018-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N583C | 2Nd Story Flying Club Inc THORP T-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Idaho |
Experimental | 2018-03-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51BZ | Dory Joseph BREEZY |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2017-08-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N615KA | Adams Walter H HATZ CB1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | 2017-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N70JF | Freeburg John D BUTTERCUP |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2016-06-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N306JH | Hudgens James D WAG-AEROSPORTTRAINER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wyoming |
Experimental | 2015-10-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5431 | Maziarz EAA BIPLANE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2014-10-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N67TR | Meyer T/Borger R LITTLE TOOT |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maryland |
Experimental | 2014-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N727WV | Voelcker Wolfgang A P VALKYRIE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2012-12-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5447 | Wittman Tailwind W-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2012-10-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N231EM | Mason-Edmund THORP T-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Connecticut |
Experimental | 2012-03-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N926BR | Elbert R Powell BAMA KLIPPER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alabama |
Experimental | 2012-01-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5913S | Shouldis Charles E WA SPORT CRUISER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Experimental | 2011-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N435RK | Houston Keath E HATZ CB1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2011-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N168DM | Murphy Charles P APF-3 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2010-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64DE | Engleman PITTS S1-125HP |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2008-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N675GM | Meuer Gary D V STAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2006-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3325M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Multiple | 2006-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N369W | Sauerwein THORP T-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2006-02-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9188Y | Grove Randy L CASSUTT III |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Experimental | 2001-05-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1316 | Stits Playboy SA3A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 1999-08-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N413AB | Baxter Thomas L EAA BIPLANE P-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 1994-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N36PM | Purvinas Martin H COUGAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 1994-03-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N691 | Rice Special 3 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 1981-12-14 | 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), November 6, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.