Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 2026

Lycoming O-290 series

2,125 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-290 series engine, rated at about 140 horsepower. The Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt is the model most often fitted with it (587 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1940 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 series. FAA spelling: 0-290 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt	587
Piper PA-18 Super Cub	388
Piper PA-20 Pacer	255
Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser	119
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ	43
Piper L-21	19
Piper PA-14	15
Piper J-3 Cub	15
Piper PA-16 Clipper	13
Stinson 10	12
Cessna 140	11
Champion AERONCA 7	10

Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt · Piper PA-18 Super Cub · Piper PA-20 Pacer · Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser · Champion 7 Citabria and Champ · Piper L-21 · Piper PA-14 · Piper J-3 Cub · Piper PA-16 Clipper · Stinson 10

Where they are owner's state

Alaska281Texas172California144Washington121Montana76Florida73Oregon68Minnesota57New York55Wisconsin52

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Alaska	281
Texas	172
California	144
Washington	121
Montana	76
Florida	73
Oregon	68
Minnesota	57
New York	55
Wisconsin	52

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles2,118 (100%)Piston twins5 (0.2%)Helicopters1 (0.0%)Airships1 (0.0%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	2,118	100%
Piston twins	5	0.2%
Helicopters	1	0.0%
Airships	1	0.0%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1930	10
1940	190
1950	1,021
1960	87
1970	123
1980	81
1990	94
2000	47
2010	4
2020	6

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

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-229, held by Lycoming Division Avco Corporation). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

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

1991-05-2890-04-06 R1 · Propeller Governor External Oil Line · engine

1982-06-0781-18-04 R2 · Engine Oil Pump Driven Impeller and Shaft · engine

1977-08-1875-08-09 · Oil Pump Drive Shaft · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-290 series

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

Fitted to

Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 587 with this engine series
Piper PA-18 Super Cub 388 with this engine series
Piper PA-20 Pacer 255 with this engine series
Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 119 with this engine series
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 43 with this engine series
Piper L-21 19 with this engine series
Piper PA-14 15 with this engine series
Piper J-3 Cub 15 with this engine series

Where they are

Alaska 281 of these aircraft
Texas 172 of these aircraft
California 144 of these aircraft
Washington 121 of these aircraft
Montana 76 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 4 of these aircraft
International Air Services INC Trustee 3 of these aircraft
August Aero LLC 3 of these aircraft
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
Skywagon Aero LLC 2 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-290 series 7 airworthiness directives

Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-290-series.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2,125

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N900A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2018-06-07	Valid
N26FM	Lodolce Timothy C VARI-EZE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2018-06-06	Valid
N5645H	Piper PA-16	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2018-05-31	Valid
N7099K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2018-05-29	Valid
N8563C	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Restricted	2018-05-21	Valid
N8655C	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2018-05-21	Valid
N20228	Olive John R EAA BIPLANE P2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2018-05-02	Valid
N5589H	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2018-04-30	Valid
N3793D	Droscher Donald A SHA GLASAIR SH2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Experimental	2018-04-23	Valid
N247DP	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aerial Sign North Lakewood, New Jersey	Restricted	2018-04-19	Valid
N2358M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2018-04-17	Valid
N586DD	Somers D J/Somers D A SOMERS BBY GT LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Experimental	2018-04-17	Valid
N77917	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2018-04-16	Valid
N817A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2018-04-16	Valid
N9965Q	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dms Leasing CO LLC Las Vegas, Nevada	Standard	2018-04-03	Valid
N4257	Stiles Stan HATZ CB-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2018-03-29	Valid
N3446A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2018-03-27	Valid
N87804	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2018-03-27	Valid
N37JR	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	0S9 LLC Poulsbo, Washington	Standard	2018-03-15	Valid
N7796K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2018-03-12	Valid
N77G	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2018-02-27	Valid
N5RQ	Kenneth C. White EAA BIPLANE SPORT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2018-02-26	Valid
N36721	Stinson 10A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2018-02-20	Valid
N1947Y	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bitterroot Ventures LLC Show Low, Arizona	Standard	2018-02-15	Valid
N7224K	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2018-02-15	Valid
N1526P	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2018-02-12	Valid
N70163	Foreman Vincent E STARDUSTER I SA 100	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2018-02-08	Valid
N2138A	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kingdom Air CORP Sutton, Alaska	Multiple	2018-02-07	Valid
N8196C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2018-02-07	Valid
N8945R	Champion AERONCA 7GC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Restricted	2018-02-06	Valid
N1717A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Round Engine Aero Nashville, Michigan	Standard	2018-02-05	Valid
N8202C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-01-30	Valid
N9968Y	Champion 7HC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2018-01-29	Valid
N7462K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2018-01-08	Valid
N7595E	Champion 7GC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2018-01-08	Valid
N78597	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2018-01-02	Valid
N8198C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2018-01-02	Valid
N2211	Diehl SYI-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2017-12-29	Valid
N223MM	Erickson Robert L LONG-EZ	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2017-12-29	Valid
N1612A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Restricted	2017-12-26	Valid
N1100C	Piper PA-20-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2017-12-18	Valid
N1317A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-12-13	Valid
N1456A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-12-13	Valid
N87996	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-12-12	Valid
N6949K	Piper PA-20-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2017-12-11	Valid
N2307A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-12-08	Valid
N2618A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2017-12-07	Valid
N8132C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ritel Copter Service INC Hudson, Iowa	Standard	2017-12-06	Valid
N2487A	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2017-12-04	Valid
N3582A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2017-11-29	Valid
N69RN	Rockwell WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-11-28	Valid
N39RS	Shaub EAA BIPLANE P-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Experimental	2017-11-06	Valid
N1131A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N689A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	W Grotendiek LLC Portland, Oregon	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N1200A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2017-10-27	Valid
N9MR	Rendel-Miltenberger THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2017-10-27	Valid
N30704	Piper J5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2017-10-02	Valid
N8586C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N3533A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kilpatrick John N Redding, California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N1334A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Multiple	2017-09-25	Valid
N7288K	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N3089	Trella/Bolinger T-19 SPEEDSTER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2017-09-11	Valid
N3687N	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-09-11	Valid
N7370K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Whitney Aviation LLC Watertown, South Dakota	Standard	2017-09-11	Valid
N3318B	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2017-08-24	Valid
N46846	Dixon FALCONAR F-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2017-08-15	Valid
N3481M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-08-01	Valid
N6121U	Swadell Robert A WITTMAN TAILWIND W8L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2017-08-01	Valid
N8780C	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Multiple	2017-08-01	Valid
N696SM	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sk Aircraft LLC Anchorage, Alaska	Standard	2017-07-28	Valid
N1399C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2017-07-18	Valid
N3302M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kinn Folk LLC Anchorage, Alaska	Standard	2017-07-18	Valid
N830Z	Whittman Tailwind W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2017-07-17	Valid
N1347A	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Restricted	2017-07-06	Valid
N1069A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Restricted	2017-06-16	Valid
N9363B	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-06-07	Valid
N46798	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-05-30	Valid
N52D	D & D Special D-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Experimental	2017-05-26	Valid
N126JE	Elissalde Jon TRI-GEAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sky West Aviation INC Trustee Albuquerque, New Mexico	Experimental	2017-05-23	Valid
N279RM	Mcanally Roger K RV-3A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2017-05-10	Valid
N1249A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airmotive Service LLC Brigham City, Utah	Standard	2017-05-09	Valid
N30GW	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2017-05-09	Valid
N8230E	Weisgerber R S/Weisgerber D HATZ C-B1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Experimental	2017-05-02	Valid
N51WK	Duncan W G LANCAIR 235	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Experimental	2017-05-01	Valid
N80856	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2017-04-24	Valid
N667A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2017-04-21	Valid
N1230C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-04-14	Valid
N3524A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Grd Aviation LLC Canyon Lake, Texas	Standard	2017-04-14	Valid
N529BH	Hymen THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2017-04-14	Valid
N98AP	Purdy Alan H MUSTANG II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Spx Communications INC Capitola, California	Experimental	2017-04-13	Valid
N675DD	Dufault Daniel R WAGAERO SUPER CUBY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2017-04-11	Valid
N180PS	Marshall John R S1C JM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Experimental	2017-04-10	Valid
N1573A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-03-27	Valid
N2144A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2017-03-17	Valid
N900TF	Fatzinger Terry F-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2017-03-08	Valid
N8774C	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Restricted	2017-02-27	Valid
N3310A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2017-02-22	Valid
N87869	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2017-02-15	Valid
N1270C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2017-02-08	Valid
N1170A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Restricted	2017-02-02	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.