Lycoming O-320-A1A
20 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-A1A engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Arnaoutis Antonios D RV-7 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1957 and 2022.
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-320-A1A. FAA spelling: O-320-A1A.
Fitted to model families
Arnaoutis Antonios D RV-7 · Beachy Phillip R RV-9A · Charles King RV-9A · Daniels R P Jr/Vigneault L J RV7A · Decamp Larry R RV-3 · Disher John L RV9A · Elliott Carlton Price Sr MUSTANG II · Ellis Wendell Kirk WORKHORSE · Guy Lefebvre ANDERSON KINGFISHER · Hayes James E PT 2 PROTECH
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-320-A1A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-274, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 23 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 5 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 23 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 5 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders
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
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-20 Pacer 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 1 with this engine series
- Florida 3 of these aircraft
- Alaska 3 of these aircraft
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Massachusetts 2 of these aircraft
- Georgia 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320-A1A 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-A1A 5 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-a1a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 20
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N457PM | Michael Rene Brown VANS RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2026-07-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N90AC | Charles King RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Washington |
Experimental | 2025-09-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N243RV | Decamp Larry R RV-3 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2024-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N941RV | Disher John L RV9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | DJI LLC Cairo, Georgia |
Experimental | 2024-05-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9291K | Reese Gale RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2023-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64DR | Olson Odeen R BUSHBY MM-II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2023-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N973Y | Streit Jim J VANS RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2022-08-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N624TC | Arnaoutis Antonios D RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2022-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N517RL | Lee Robert James VANS ACFT RV6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Texas |
Experimental | 2021-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N92115 | Joseph E Stanger COZY CUBBY |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2021-09-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3666M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2021-08-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N272SD | Daniels R P Jr/Vigneault L J RV7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2021-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77PL | Piper PA-20 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2021-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N252GR | Guy Lefebvre ANDERSON KINGFISHER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2020-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N657MJ | Hayes James E PT 2 PROTECH |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
None on file | 2018-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N915PB | Beachy Phillip R RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2017-11-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1169R | Ellis Wendell Kirk WORKHORSE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2015-12-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8592D | Piper PA-18A 150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2015-09-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8714D | Piper PA-22-160 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2002-12-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N92525 | Elliott Carlton Price Sr MUSTANG II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. 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.