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
N7629K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1995-08-08	Valid
N8249C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1995-07-27	Valid
N9833Q	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1995-07-18	Valid
N8032Y	Hill Raymond J HATZ CB-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	1995-06-27	Valid
N98DZ	Reed EAA BIPLANE P2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	1995-06-26	Valid
N73JF	Freeburg John D CP 301	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Experimental	1995-05-25	Valid
N2LW	Weishaar STOLP V-STAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	1995-05-23	Valid
N5289J	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	None on file	1995-04-11	Valid
N8894C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	1995-04-06	Valid
N3330A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1995-03-10	Valid
N2216A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1995-01-25	Valid
N3665A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1994-11-08	Valid
N8021C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	1994-10-13	Valid
N28GR	Read-George BREEZY BYPLANE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1994-09-22	Valid
N3267B	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1994-09-07	Valid
N13FF	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Restricted	1994-08-23	Valid
N1230	Olson Raymond A SE5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	1994-06-28	Valid
N91263	Cougar 1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1994-06-20	Valid
N8891C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1994-04-06	Valid
N1959A	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1994-03-31	Valid
N1517A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1994-03-08	Valid
N84RK	Korngold Ralph D WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-03-07	Valid
N1329A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wyoming	Restricted	1994-03-04	Valid
N155MF	Folkers Milford C BAKENG DUCE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1993-08-30	Valid
N8025C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1993-08-25	Valid
N10365	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Heritage INC Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania	Standard	1993-06-24	Valid
N6956K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1993-02-17	Valid
N727RD	Rogers Randy BUDDY BABY LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1993-02-08	Valid
N1478A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	1993-02-03	Valid
N985A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1993-02-02	Valid
N5252Z	Piper PA-22-108	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-02-01	Valid
N1479A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1992-12-16	Valid
N26265	Stinson 10	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rogers B L Martinsburg, West Virginia	Standard	1992-12-09	Valid
N7613K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1992-12-08	Valid
N3359B	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1992-09-29	Valid
N8143C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	1992-09-15	Valid
N7NM	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1992-09-04	Valid
N87876	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	1992-09-04	Valid
N7585K	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Restricted	1992-08-21	Valid
N2839D	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1992-07-25	Valid
N48361	Love Roger PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	1992-07-08	Valid
N4359K	Maitland John C SUPER ACRO I	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	1992-06-22	Valid
N1716A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1992-05-20	Valid
N8872C	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1992-05-14	Valid
N4373Y	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1992-04-06	Valid
N30068	Martin MINIPLANE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	1992-03-20	Valid
N3344B	Piper PA-22-150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	1992-03-19	Valid
N1197A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1992-03-16	Valid
N22531	Stinson HW75	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1992-01-25	Valid
N99323	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1992-01-24	Valid
N157T	Piper PA-18 105	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Restricted	1992-01-15	Valid
N2738M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	1992-01-15	Valid
N1978A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1992-01-03	Valid
N231T	Piper PA-18 105	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Restricted	1991-11-27	Valid
N18XS	Shuck Robert L THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1991-11-16	Valid
N832A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	1991-11-09	Valid
N4260H	Piper PA-14	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1991-10-25	Valid
N1397C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1991-09-17	Valid
N100SX	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Multiple	1991-08-19	Valid
N1144A	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Restricted	1991-08-07	Valid
N3325A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	1991-06-28	Valid
N233JL	Livingston Jean B THROP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	1991-05-29	Valid
N2445A	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Multiple	1991-05-22	Valid
N6936K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1991-05-14	Valid
N8163C	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Restricted	1991-04-29	Valid
N3607A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1991-03-15	Valid
N4736S	Homebuilt WCB-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	1991-03-14	Valid
N613E	Cottle PITTS S-1C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	1991-03-05	Valid
N7084K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1991-02-25	Valid
N35GD	Debaun MINIPLANE DSA-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	1991-02-15	Valid
N8297C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1991-02-13	Valid
N7788K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	1991-02-02	Valid
N7126K	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1991-01-23	Valid
N7424K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-12-15	Valid
N37PD	Dannenberg Paul MONOCUB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	1990-11-29	Valid
N46773	Piper PA-18-150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Macannamac INC Millinocket, Maine	Standard	1990-11-26	Valid
N87638	Apland Douglas C TEDDY BEAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1990-11-02	Valid
N3086M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1990-10-23	Valid
N7620K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-09-17	Valid
N3311A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-07-17	Valid
N8799C	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vand Flyve Klub INC Thief River Falls, Minnesota	Standard	1990-07-09	Valid
N6408D	Piper L-21A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ruple Farms INC Pleasanton, Texas	Standard	1990-06-15	Valid
N2390A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1990-06-11	Valid
N7316K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	1990-06-04	Valid
N289ZZ	Piper PA-39	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Aero Mobil INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	1990-05-29	Valid
N1951J	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1990-02-07	Valid
N1886A	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1990-02-02	Valid
N3744A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1989-11-28	Valid
N8544C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	1989-11-16	Valid
N13824	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	1989-11-07	Valid
N600A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mid Atlantic Air Museum Reading, Pennsylvania	Standard	1989-09-28	Valid
N6946H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Restricted	1989-07-05	Valid
N2409A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1989-06-14	Valid
N5136H	Piper PA-14	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1989-06-14	Valid
N1075A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1989-06-12	Valid
N123DX	Boylan Robert A LANCAIR 235	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-05-10	Valid
N8632C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1989-02-24	Valid
N215R	Ormsbee-Miniplane DSA-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	1989-02-18	Valid
N5831H	Piper PA-16	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	1989-01-20	Valid
N1516A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1988-12-02	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.