Lycoming O-320-A3B
12 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-A3B engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Balch Henry J REBEL is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1946 and 2026.
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-A3B. FAA spelling: O-320-A3B.
Fitted to model families
Balch Henry J REBEL · Bingham Neil D VANS RV-3B · Brady Bergen SUPER CUB · Gary P Angelo XR-23A · Globe GC-1 Swift · Malette/Rv Kit RV9A · Ott Rex A GLASTAR · Piwniczka Leo A MIDGET MUSTANG · Robbie Staton PA 18 REPLICA · Stoddart Bruce K VANS ACFT INC RV-7A
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-A3B the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-274, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 21 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 3 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 21 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 3 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
- Globe GC-1 Swift 1 with this engine series
- Arkansas 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Tennessee 1 of these aircraft
- South Carolina 1 of these aircraft
- Nevada 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320-A3B 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-A3B 3 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-a3b.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 12
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N5518 | Piwniczka Leo A MIDGET MUSTANG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Experimental | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N13SC | Robbie Staton PA 18 REPLICA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2026-04-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N526HB | Balch Henry J REBEL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2025-12-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N727ZW | Brady Bergen SUPER CUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2024-10-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N23GJ | Sweeney Sean M RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ibis Air LLC Lenoir City, Tennessee |
Experimental | 2023-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N777VC | Whitaker Wayne S VANS RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2023-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N950MM | Gary P Angelo XR-23A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2023-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N109HJ | Malette/Rv Kit RV9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Stk Construction and Development INC Temecula, California |
Experimental | 2022-10-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N903NB | Bingham Neil D VANS RV-3B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2021-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9454S | Stoddart Bruce K VANS ACFT INC RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2020-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N390TT | Ott Rex A GLASTAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Idaho |
Experimental | 2017-04-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78074 | Globe GC-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 1974-03-25 | 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.