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
N6482D	Piper L-21A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	1988-11-18	Valid
N1649A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	1988-09-21	Valid
N33HJ	Johnson MOD SPORTSMAN	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	1988-09-21	Valid
N180TS	Scherman Terrance LONG EZE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	1988-09-16	Valid
N9964Q	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	1988-08-24	Valid
N7471K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1988-08-19	Valid
N42362	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1988-07-14	Valid
N919A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1988-06-25	Valid
N166BC	Chapman THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	1988-05-24	Valid
N8082C	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1988-05-18	Valid
N3327B	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1988-03-18	Valid
N1152C	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Multiple	1988-02-11	Valid
N3353A	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wyoming	Standard	1988-01-19	Valid
N3592A	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1987-12-12	Valid
N387JA	Adams John W ADAMS 02	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Experimental	1987-12-07	Valid
N3515A	Feyma TAILWIND W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1987-09-17	Valid
N966A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mattson Edward B Quincy, Washington	Standard	1987-07-30	Valid
N3779A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	1987-06-11	Valid
N8056C	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1987-04-09	Valid
N3729A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1986-12-02	Valid
N1046Z	Cougar WB-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1986-10-24	Valid
N4199A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	1986-07-24	Valid
N1168C	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	1986-04-01	Valid
N2621A	Piper PA-18 105	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1986-03-03	Valid
N171MM	Moder Michael T LONG-EZ	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1986-02-11	Valid
N3500A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1985-09-17	Valid
N826A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1985-09-14	Valid
N9947Q	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1985-06-19	Valid
N4107M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1985-05-28	Valid
N8949R	Champion 7GC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1985-04-05	Valid
N270PB	Papadakos Peter P LONG-EZ	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Experimental	1985-03-07	Valid
N1551P	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1984-11-19	Valid
N98RV	Formanek Carl F RV-3F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1984-05-07	Valid
N2171A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1984-04-03	Valid
N4480Z	Kalisz John MM-1-B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1984-01-04	Valid
N1947A	Piper PA-18AS-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Restricted	1983-07-20	Valid
N3863M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	1983-06-01	Valid
N321T	Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bradshaw & Company Insurors Dyersburg, Tennessee	Standard	1983-01-06	Valid
N4281H	Piper PA-14	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1982-12-28	Valid
N85DC	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1982-12-20	Valid
N3466A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	1982-11-01	Valid
N8834C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1982-09-30	Valid
N824SL	Mccaskie Stephen L LONG-EZE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1982-09-18	Valid
N949FS	Piper L-21A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1982-09-08	Valid
N8037C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1982-09-01	Valid
N6952K	Piper PA-20S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1982-07-20	Valid
N809A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1982-05-26	Valid
N2688A	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Multiple	1982-04-07	Valid
N2854D	Piper PA-18A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1982-04-07	Valid
N1368B	Stallings Jerry W THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Experimental	1982-01-14	Valid
N122T	Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Carraher Timothy J Spalding, Nebraska	Standard	1981-10-26	Valid
N2559A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1981-10-16	Valid
N125RA	Armstrong Robert B PITTS SPECIAL S-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	1981-07-07	Valid
N1591A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1981-06-23	Valid
N7670K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1981-05-21	Valid
N98906	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1980-11-17	Valid
N2534A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Restricted	1980-10-21	Valid
N4990D	Thompson Darrel D. WAG AERO CUBY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Experimental	1980-01-30	Valid
N1059A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1979-08-29	Valid
N3576A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1979-06-18	Valid
N1248C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	1979-04-23	Valid
N958A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1979-03-07	Valid
N9092R	Clukey Cougar 1C MODIFIED	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1979-02-14	Valid
N411RM	Mckune-Ralph SMYTH SIDEWINDER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	1978-10-30	Valid
N8965C	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1978-09-25	Valid
N2214A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1977-09-12	Valid
N8881C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	1977-07-06	Valid
N7555K	Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	1977-06-24	Valid
N64679	Piper PA-18-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Miami Valley Career Technology Center Clayton, Ohio	Standard	1977-05-17	Valid
N10TK	Kerns THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	1977-05-04	Valid
N3VU	Piper L-21B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vincennes University Indianapolis, Indiana	Standard	1977-03-10	Valid
N1372A	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Restricted	1976-11-15	Valid
N2278A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1976-09-27	Valid
N2464M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1976-06-04	Valid
N42KD	Dannenberg NESMITH COUGAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	1975-05-19	Valid
N54BJ	Johns MUSTANG MM-1-10	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	1975-03-20	Valid
N109T	Piper PA-18-150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1975-02-12	Valid
N7856H	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1975-01-28	Valid
N7664K	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Holzaepfel Carl e Baytown, Texas	Standard	1974-10-11	Valid
N3307M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1974-09-21	Valid
N805A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1974-07-01	Valid
N651A	Piper PA-22	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1973-05-10	Valid
N2528A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1972-01-10	Valid
N5166	Smith Miniplane DSA-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1971-10-20	Valid
N1291A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1968-04-25	Valid
N390Y	Tailwind W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	1968-04-08	Valid
N2754M	Piper PA-12	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1967-03-22	Valid
N1434C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	1966-10-10	Revoked
N3489A	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1966-08-09	Valid
N8924C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1965-12-21	Valid
N154DM	Dave Mason DM-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1962-04-30	Valid
N3208B	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1961-11-21	Valid
N2689A	Piper PA-18A-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Multiple	1956-08-23	Valid
N102T	Piper PA-18-125	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard		Pending
N1261C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard		Sale reported
N1262	Stinson 10A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard		Sale reported
N1278A	Piper PA-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard		Pending
N1391C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard		Sale reported
N1428C	Piper PA-22-135	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard		Revoked
N1491A	Piper PA-20	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard		Sale reported

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.