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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming O-320-D2G

21 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-D2G engine, rated at about 160 horsepower. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1973 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-D2G. FAA spelling: O-320-D2G.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 172 Skyhawk2Allen David L VANS RV9A1Babcock Rowland A MONTANA COYOTE1Barnett Russell L SH-2F1Bowles Chris GLASTAR1Bowman Brice R RV-9A1Brock Gary G RV9A VANS1Cary William P RV-9A1De Santi Michael P VANS RV-91Ford Richard S RV9A1Hoffman Walter A LONG EZ1Iorg William C RV-41

Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Allen David L VANS RV9A · Babcock Rowland A MONTANA COYOTE · Barnett Russell L SH-2F · Bowles Chris GLASTAR · Bowman Brice R RV-9A · Brock Gary G RV9A VANS · Cary William P RV-9A · De Santi Michael P VANS RV-9 · Ford Richard S RV9A

Where they are owner's state

Utah3California3Virginia2Missouri2Florida2Washington1Texas1North Carolina1Indiana1Illinois1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles21 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

025810219703200010201052020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-320-D2G the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-274, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 15 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 28 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 10 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 15 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2017-08-152017-16-11 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2008-10-202008-19-05 · Parallel Valve'' reciprocating engines · engine
2006-01-312005-26-10 · ECi cylinder assemblies. · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-320-D2G

Failure reports 28 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01223950212121

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Bulkhead4Cylinder Head3Magneto2Tube2Alternator1Collar1Cylinder1Discharge Tube1Exhaust Valve1Gps1

Latest reports

2021-08-05Points: excess play
2018-12-11Cylinder Head: cracked
2018-11-13Cylinder Head: cracked
2018-03-09Cylinder Head: cracked
2016-08-10Magneto: failed

Certificates and bulletins

E-274Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 60 models listed · revised April 30, 2013

Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2016-05-13NE-08-32R1 · Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set Screw
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
2012-11-21NE-13-06 · Pushrod Shroud Spring Retainers, Engine Components Part No. AEL14995, for Lycoming Engines 320,...
2008-09-10NE-06-32R1 · Reciprocating Engine - Crankshaft

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
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2g.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 21

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N75EC Reichert Charles D
VANS RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2026-03-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N410BW Iorg William C
RV-4
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2025-07-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N448VQ Babcock Rowland A
MONTANA COYOTE
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2023-07-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N99WC Cary William P
RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Missouri
Experimental 2023-07-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N905XC Bowles Chris
GLASTAR
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2023-02-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N115DG Onell Robert C
RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2022-06-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N325MB John J Bertucci
VANS RV9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Pearl Aire LLC
Port Orange, Florida
Experimental 2021-11-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N342DA Allen David L
VANS RV9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Lewis William R
Temple, Texas
Experimental 2021-07-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N784X Lawrence (Larry) Bontrager
VANS RV 4
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2020-12-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N149ZB Bowman Brice R
RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2020-08-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N345RB Barnett Russell L
SH-2F
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Missouri
Experimental 2020-02-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N62WZ Hoffman Walter A
LONG EZ
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2020-02-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N773RV Mark Pearson
VANS RV-4
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2016-03-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N12777 Cessna
172M
Fixed-wing, single engine Mana Kai Flying LLC
Makawao, Hawaii
Standard 2015-08-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N459MJ Mark T Donahue
DONAHUE MARK RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2013-11-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1395E Cessna
172N
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arkansas
Multiple 2012-08-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N385W Weixler Ronald A
RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Utah
Experimental 2010-02-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N372FD De Santi Michael P
VANS RV-9
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Colorado
Experimental 2009-01-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N883CG Brock Gary G
RV9A VANS
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
North Carolina
Experimental 2008-08-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N666BK Karpayev Vladyslav V
RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Utah
Experimental 2008-07-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N530RF Ford Richard S
RV9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Utah
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.