Lycoming O-320-E2A
98 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-E2A engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1952 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-E2A. FAA spelling: O-320-E2A.
Fitted to model families
Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow · Cessna 150 · Anders J Carlson AJC CUB · Beasley Keith R RV-9A · Bergdoll John A RV-9A · Billie Rex Taylor RV-4 · Brown Dennis L RV-4 · Busenitz Clinton Lee BADLANDS TRAVELER · Callan Bryan P RV-7 · Carl W Eslinger SCOOTER
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-E2A 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 83 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 4 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 21 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 83 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-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 9 with this engine series
- Cessna 150 3 with this engine series
- Busenitz Clinton Lee BADLANDS TRAVELER 1 with this engine series
- Texas 18 of these aircraft
- California 11 of these aircraft
- Wisconsin 4 of these aircraft
- Washington 4 of these aircraft
- Alaska 4 of these aircraft
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320-E2A 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-E2A 83 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 98
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N437WT | Anders J Carlson AJC CUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2026-07-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4430U | Cessna 150D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lfm Aviation LLC Bozeman, Montana |
Multiple | 2026-06-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N333DY | Palmer Frank J RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2026-05-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6302R | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-03-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N228WF | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N787N | Duenas C ACRO SPORT I |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 2025-11-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N331MD | James M Doss VANS AIRCRAFT RV-9 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Medmission Supplies LLC Escondido, California |
Experimental | 2025-10-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3062S | Cessna 150G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | River City Aviation LLC Carmichael, California |
Multiple | 2025-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2711P | Dustin Alexander Padrta PA-18 EXPERIMENTAL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2025-10-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N205WT | Frisbie John N WITTMAN W10 TAILWIND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Experimental | 2025-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N907PK | Hood Johnny JS9NW |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2025-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N86TF | Vallee Trent Flemming RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2025-04-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7787 | Cessna Aircraft Co F172M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner | Standard | 2025-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N693JB | Piper PA-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Multiple | 2025-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42920 | Carpency Joseph T GLASTAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-02-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N985BD | Callan Bryan P RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Dakota |
Experimental | 2025-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5650U | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Skyways Group LLC Greensboro, North Carolina |
Standard | 2024-10-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N713EG | Philip J Palmisano RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Experimental | 2024-09-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N140GB | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alabama |
Standard | 2024-08-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N322WH | Thurmond Robert Lee HATZ CLASSIC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2024-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N716JJ | Keenum Jc RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2024-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N492RV | James M Fogarty FOGARTY VANS RV9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Experimental | 2024-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N614JT | James Thurman RV7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2024-04-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N224FN | Charles Martel SPORTSMAN 2 + 2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2024-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N50RJ | Yerian Richard T GLASTAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2024-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N485GB | Billie Rex Taylor RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2024-02-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N810SW | Coastal Alabama Composites Llc SABERWING |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Coastal Alabama Composities LLC Daphne, Alabama |
Experimental | 2024-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N323ES | Kevin Shannon SUPERCUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2024-01-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N730FN | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2023-11-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N295JJ | Elliott Jimmy F VANS RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2023-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N79ED | Dunn Edmund GLASTAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2023-08-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N517WD | Lee R Amundson S-21 OUTBOUND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Experimental | 2023-08-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N96GF | Fife Glade W LANCAIR 320 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2023-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N168DL | Bergdoll John A RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2023-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4243J | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2023-04-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N612TM | Mcdermott James Timothy PA-18 REPLICA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner South Dakota |
Experimental | 2023-03-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1167 | Pazmany PL1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nebraska |
Experimental | 2022-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N253LP | Lazo Aitor RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2022-09-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N440DB | Brown Dennis L RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2022-09-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5921P | Ryan Fiscus SPA PANTHER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2022-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6179P | Woods Charles T RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2022-05-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N820RC | Richard H Coles ZENITH 750 CRUZER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2022-04-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9236K | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-03-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N886TV | Nault Thomas R FIBER FIGHTER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2022-01-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N26YA | Lewis D Michael RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2021-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N393RV | Paul E Bell VANS RV-9 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2021-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N618RL | Lynn Robert W HATZ CB-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner West Virginia |
Experimental | 2021-03-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N94MB | Pepper Dale D RV4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2021-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N428DD | Engen David Lars WAG AERO SPORTSMAN 2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Experimental | 2020-11-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N998WP | Reifers Todd R RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2020-09-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N37EL | Beasley Keith R RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner South Carolina |
Experimental | 2020-09-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5525W | Gary M Clayton PA-18-160 REP |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2020-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N718BV | Waidner Andrew W VAN'S RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Experimental | 2020-03-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N605WC | Busenitz Clinton Lee BADLANDS TRAVELER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2020-02-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N406WY | Jeffery Houston Mcbirnie VANS RV7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Experimental | 2019-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N471MH | Hughes Michael J/Hughes Mark C GLASAIR 1FT |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2019-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N704BR | Cessna 150M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Primary | 2019-12-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N533JC | J Collins/C Beasley RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2019-10-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N487WB | Wayne Baker KITFOX S7 SUPER SPOR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2019-07-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N456HL | Hakan Langebro RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2019-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9622W | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2019-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N747K | John Klink / Dale Lochinger VANS RV9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2018-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N915JB | Karl Kruger VANS RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2018-07-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N989DW | Wagner Daniel R LONG EZ |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Utah |
Experimental | 2018-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N50733 | Wilson W Dean DW10 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2017-12-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N702RV | Whipple Bruce F RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2017-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N318EB | Edwards Robert G VANS RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2017-10-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N831NQ | Carl W Eslinger SCOOTER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2017-10-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N36DX | Obreiter Jr Robert W LONG-EZ |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2017-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2744 | Jeff P Morgan RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2016-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7046Y | Cuglievan Fernando C VANS AIRCRAFT RV9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nebraska |
Experimental | 2016-11-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N721EF | Fjerstad Erik A RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Experimental | 2016-09-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N100DF | Ryan Christopher C VANS RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2015-11-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N651RB | Weathers Thomas RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2015-10-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5965P | Ricky A Pearce CHRISTAVIA MK4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2015-10-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N225DT | Hendershott Thomas E MURPHY REBEL ELITE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Experimental | 2015-10-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N494DW | Waldo David W KODIAK CUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2015-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N131DB | Donald D Berlin DB LONG EZ |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2014-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N11286 | Lindall Joe Baker MURPHY REBEL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2014-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N725RV | Stephens Richard L RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2013-04-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N942PT | Garboden Patrick N RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2013-01-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N716LW | Eddie G Wigley RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2012-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7977 | Raymond T Sievers RV-9 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2012-10-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N173MM | Mickey E Duyck RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2011-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N307EZ | Tifft Frank A LONGEZE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2010-11-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207LT | Freitag William W Jr RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2010-10-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4132J | Piper PA-28-140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Dubois Aviation INC Chino, California |
Standard | 2010-08-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N102DD | Dubuis Michael A RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2010-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N911YL | Sunrise Aviation Inc RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | 2009-09-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N121VT | Williams Ralph J WITTMAN TAILWIND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Vermont |
Experimental | 2007-09-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N535WP | Mcmillin Robert E VANS RV-9 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Experimental | 2007-04-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N722KJ | Craddock Kevin D RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Experimental | 2006-11-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N762BH | Hennessy T F/Hennessy B C LONG EZ |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2006-07-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N853LC | Cox Leon F RV7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2006-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N431SS | Smith Simon K REBEL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2002-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N816JP | Piper PA-18-150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2002-04-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N150JP | Youland David R/Youland Kurt R PA-18 REPLICA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes | |
| N160MT | Jones Darwin L MUSTANG II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. 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.
