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
N69MJ	Pitts Special SC-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Experimental	2017-02-02	Valid
N4831E	Champion 7GC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-02-01	Valid
N12DJ	Judy EAA BIPLANE P2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2017-01-30	Valid
N8034H	Hoelting A G/Adams C V HOELTING ADAMS HATZ	Fixed-wing, single engine	Adams Charles V Basehor, Kansas	Experimental	2017-01-24	Valid
N623A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2017-01-23	Valid
N5160H	Piper PA-14	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-01-17	Valid
N1101D	Passow TAILWIND W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2017-01-13	Valid
N8086C	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Multiple	2017-01-09	Valid
N454WL	Learn Buid Fly Inc WITTMAN LEGACY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Learn Build Fly INC Wausau, Wisconsin	Experimental	2017-01-05	Valid
N116P	Pitts Special S-1C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Experimental	2017-01-03	Valid
N3867M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-12-22	Valid
N5923L	Champion 7GC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2016-12-19	Valid
N1596P	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Passmore Aviation LLC Claremore, Oklahoma	Standard	2016-12-15	Valid
N3268B	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2016-12-13	Valid
N5151H	Piper PA-14	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	None on file	2016-12-13	Valid
N46W	Wood CF-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Experimental	2016-12-12	Valid
N1772A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Louisiana	Standard	2016-12-02	Valid
N8984C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2016-11-23	Valid
N5586H	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2016-11-10	Valid
N4569V	Whittaker Charles R BAKENG DOUBLE DUCE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2016-11-02	Valid
N27BA	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2016-10-26	Valid
N1113C	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2016-10-20	Valid
N3236B	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2016-10-18	Valid
N8913C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2016-10-14	Valid
N974A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Powder River Aviation LLC Gillette, Wyoming	Standard	2016-10-14	Valid
N6096F	Champion 7ECA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2016-10-11	Valid
N3374B	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2016-10-07	Valid
N65889	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2016-10-04	Valid
N1039D	Rogers Eugene W PIEL EMERAUDE CP-128	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2016-10-03	Valid
N3672M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2016-09-15	Valid
N7TH	Hendrickson PIEL EMERAUDE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2016-09-02	Valid
N5483H	Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2016-08-30	Valid
N4008M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2016-08-26	Valid
N234T	Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2016-08-25	Valid
N70GL	Larson STITTS SA-11A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New York	Experimental	2016-08-25	Valid
N6991K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2016-08-19	Valid
N8011C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2016-08-15	Valid
N3854M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2016-08-10	Valid
N7333K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2016-08-08	Valid
N66PS	Lowers PITTS SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2016-08-03	Valid
N7672K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-08-02	Valid
N1472A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2016-07-27	Valid
N907LC	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2016-07-25	Valid
N3333B	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2016-07-22	Valid
N953RN	Noll Roddy Brooks KELLY D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2016-07-18	Valid
N173L	Lance Dale M STRDUSTER SA-100	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2016-07-01	Valid
N3248B	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-06-23	Valid
N1200C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2016-05-09	Valid
N2182A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2016-05-03	Valid
N1421B	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2016-04-25	Valid
N42873	Letts Robert L CP328 EMERAUDE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2016-04-21	Valid
N8511C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wingsesprit Columbus, North Dakota	Standard	2016-04-19	Valid
N1132C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2016-04-14	Valid
N1599A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2016-04-12	Valid
N12055	Thorp T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2016-03-29	Valid
N1045A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2016-03-22	Valid
N8968C	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2016-03-19	Valid
N3004	Raicos SMYTH SIDEWINDER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Experimental	2016-03-17	Valid
N7478K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mayes Aviation LLC Lebanon, Missouri	Standard	2016-03-02	Valid
N110AC	Lenehan Jack BAKENG DUCE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2016-02-23	Valid
N89EB	Eddy S C / Behymer R D LANCAIR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2016-02-18	Valid
N150T	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2016-01-29	Valid
N53PA	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2016-01-19	Valid
N1575K	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2016-01-14	Valid
N1535A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2016-01-07	Valid
N1934A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Multiple	2015-12-12	Valid
N8712C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N99XC	Clark WITTMAN	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2015-12-05	Valid
N6967K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2015-11-17	Valid
N3890M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-11-16	Valid
N3718	Cooper-Spezio Sport DAL-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Experimental	2015-11-04	Valid
N4259H	Piper PA-14	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2015-10-29	Valid
N946A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-10-29	Valid
N113TS	Sarkes Tom SE5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Military Aviation Museum Virginia Beach, Virginia	Experimental	2015-09-30	Valid
N1473C	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Go Aviation INC Potsdam, New York	Standard	2015-09-09	Valid
N3399P	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-09-09	Valid
N2569A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Chalmers Aviation LLC Hyrum, Utah	Standard	2015-09-03	Valid
N7450K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-08-26	Valid
N3534A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2015-08-17	Valid
N1673	Pazmany-Pio LOW-WING	Fixed-wing, single engine	California Flight Museum Coronado, California	Experimental	2015-07-23	Valid
N414JR	Rodencal John PIEL EMERAUDE CP32S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2015-07-23	Valid
N2631A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2015-07-20	Valid
N8648C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2015-07-02	Valid
N919Z	Warmkessel KORNS CAPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2015-07-02	Valid
N8057C	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2015-06-30	Valid
N8959C	Piper PA18-160	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Multiple	2015-06-29	Valid
N3294B	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Multiple	2015-06-22	Valid
N11PA	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2015-06-15	Valid
N3414A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2015-06-15	Valid
N1481A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2015-06-08	Valid
N8956C	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Multiple	2015-05-29	Valid
N7335K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-05-28	Valid
N38922	Monocoupe 90AL-115	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-05-27	Valid
N53A	Piper PA-20-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-05-22	Valid
N8113C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2015-05-20	Valid
N1325A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alaskas Cub Training Specialists LLC Wasilla, Alaska	Standard	2015-05-13	Valid
N632A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Carroll Dana C Wirtz, Virginia	Standard	2015-05-12	Valid
N30948	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aslesen Leasin LLC Halstad, Minnesota	Standard	2015-04-27	Valid
N7811B	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2015-04-22	Valid
N25210	Erwin KINGFISHER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2015-04-01	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.