Lycoming O-320-A2D
13 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-A2D engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Bellanca 7 Citabria is the model most often fitted with it (6 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1966 and 2024.
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-A2D. FAA spelling: O-320-A2D.
Fitted to model families
Bellanca 7 Citabria · Barnes R Hall GLASAIR SUPER II RG · Desmarais Daniel R DX-2 · Glines Robert L BEARHAWK PATROL · Mackey Wayne Jr SQ-2 · Piper PA-18 Super Cub · Shellenberger/Sparks/Muder HATZ BI-PLANECB-1 · Sprague Jack ACROSPORT I
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-A2D the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-274, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 16 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 17 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 16 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 17 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
- Bellanca 7 Citabria 6 with this engine series
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub 1 with this engine series
- Alaska 2 of these aircraft
- Utah 1 of these aircraft
- South Dakota 1 of these aircraft
- Oklahoma 1 of these aircraft
- Missouri 1 of these aircraft
- Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320-A2D 16 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-A2D 17 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2d.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 13
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N501DW | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Parmar Bluffs LLC Parker, South Dakota |
Standard | 2026-09-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N260RG | Glines Robert L BEARHAWK PATROL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2026-08-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1138E | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Gemfire Ventures LLC Saint Petersburg, Florida |
Restricted | 2026-06-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N587KB | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Swihart Painting LLC Bolivar, Missouri |
Standard | 2025-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N700CN | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Holeshot Aviation LLC Lodi, California |
Standard | 2024-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N86727 | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2024-01-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N70678 | Mackey Wayne Jr SQ-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2023-11-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N22MH | Piper PA-18-150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8710H | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hickman Air LLC Black Oak, Arkansas |
Standard | 2022-12-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N699Z | Barnes R Hall GLASAIR SUPER II RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Michfab Machinery INC Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Experimental | 2019-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N923PS | Sprague Jack ACROSPORT I |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2018-01-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N142SM | Shellenberger/Sparks/Muder HATZ BI-PLANECB-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Shandelee Energy LLC Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2014-02-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N372HZ | Desmarais Daniel R DX-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2009-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. 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.