Lycoming O-320-B3B
22 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-B3B engine, rated at about 160 horsepower. The Aaron T Burcham PA 18 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1998 and 2019.
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-B3B. FAA spelling: O-320-B3B.
Fitted to model families
Aaron T Burcham PA 18 · Billy V Stout ACRO II · Camp Dennis D VANS RV-7A · Clinton Gerald L OSPREY II · Cole Austin PEREGRINE DEUCE · Earl G Pate VANS RV-4 · Huss Ian ION EZE · James F Woolard RV6 · James R Johnson JOHNSON RV-6 · James Timothy H EXPERIMENTAL CUB
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-B3B the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-274, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 4 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 4 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
- Texas 3 of these aircraft
- Alaska 3 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- California 2 of these aircraft
- Utah 1 of these aircraft
- Toribio LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320-B3B 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-B3B 4 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-b3b.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 22
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N910PC | Leucht Charles Walter RV9-A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2026-08-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N843SD | Marrone S/Allen D L SD VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2026-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N44YG | Reisinger James A RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Experimental | 2026-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2282 | Earl G Pate VANS RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Inverted Taildragger LLC Dover, Delaware |
Experimental | 2024-11-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73PD | Cole Austin PEREGRINE DEUCE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Toribio LLC San Antonio, Texas |
Experimental | 2023-09-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9JU | James Timothy H EXPERIMENTAL CUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2022-05-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N822GC | Clinton Gerald L OSPREY II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 2022-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N18KR | Rogers Randy Kyle ROGERS 18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2022-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27LM | Louis Malinchak WAGABOND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nebraska |
Experimental | 2021-07-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N169BR | Robert Giesbrecht RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2020-09-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N687VR | Camp Dennis D VANS RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2019-04-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N187WC | Aaron T Burcham PA 18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2018-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N354MS | Sutherland Gary M GMS GYRO |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2017-09-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1133K | James R Johnson JOHNSON RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2016-12-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9547H | Rosenbloom Noah S RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Experimental | 2016-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N956LB | Robert Stark/Steve Bush CCK 1865 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Stark Robert C Hillsboro, Oregon |
Experimental | 2016-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N58SP | Pedano Stephen W PANTHER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2015-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N949BV | Billy V Stout ACRO II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2012-02-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9855J | James F Woolard RV6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | 2011-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19VK | Pardee Stuart F RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2009-09-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N659TL | Lubonovic Thomas M VANS RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2006-11-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N110EZ | Huss Ian ION EZE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 1998-05-12 | 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.