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

Lycoming O-290-C

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-290-C engine, rated at about 130 horsepower. The Robert Bruce Mundie MUNDIE NIEUPORT 28 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 O-290-C. FAA spelling: O-290-C.

Fitted to model families

Robert Bruce Mundie MUNDIE NIEUPORT 281

Robert Bruce Mundie MUNDIE NIEUPORT 28

Where they are owner's state

Nebraska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-290-C the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-229, held by Lycoming Division Avco Corporation). The FAA has issued 6 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 6 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
1991-05-2890-04-06 R1 · Propeller Governor External Oil Line · engine
1977-08-1875-08-09 · Oil Pump Drive Shaft · engine
1969-01-1666-06-03 · Connecting Rod Assemblies · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E-229Type certificate held by Lycoming Division Avco Corporation · 10 models listed · revised January 31, 2020

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-290-c.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N195QR Robert Bruce Mundie
MUNDIE NIEUPORT 28
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Nebraska
Experimental 2021-09-11 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.