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

Lycoming O-320-E2D

257 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-E2D engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the model most often fitted with it (53 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1966 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-E2D. FAA spelling: O-320-E2D.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 172 Skyhawk53Cessna 1505Reims Aviation CESSNA F172M2Ronald M Voss TAILWIND W102Alan D Ham VANS RV-7A1Alton G Gaskill SA 7001Andrew W Miller RV-91Arford Dennis C VANS RV-6A1Aronson Ken I RV9A1Atkinson James SCUDBUSTER1Baker Seth RV-71Barrett Robert E VANS RV-6A1

Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Cessna 150 · Reims Aviation CESSNA F172M · Ronald M Voss TAILWIND W10 · Alan D Ham VANS RV-7A · Alton G Gaskill SA 700 · Andrew W Miller RV-9 · Arford Dennis C VANS RV-6A · Aronson Ken I RV9A · Atkinson James SCUDBUSTER

Where they are owner's state

California24Texas19Washington16Kansas12Oregon11Georgia11Florida10Wisconsin8Ohio8Colorado8

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles257 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-320-E2D the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 494 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 21 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 494 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Mount22Carburetor16Magneto14Valve14Bulkhead11Spring11Tube11Camshaft10Control Cable10Cable9

Latest reports

2026-09-07Magneto: faulted

2026-07-08Impulse Coupling: sheared

2026-03-25Bushing Sleeve: migrated

2026-03-24Pump: mismanufactured

2025-02-08Throttle Control: loose

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

Cessna 172 Skyhawk 53 with this engine series
Cessna 150 5 with this engine series
Cessna 152 1 with this engine series
Cessna 175 Skylark 1 with this engine series
Cessna 177 Cardinal 1 with this engine series
Cessna A150 1 with this engine series

Where they are

California 24 of these aircraft
Texas 19 of these aircraft
Washington 16 of these aircraft
Kansas 12 of these aircraft
Oregon 11 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC 1 of these aircraft
Western Edge Aviation LLC 1 of these aircraft
Training Planes LLC 1 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-E2D 494 reports since 1995

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2d.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 257

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N787TB	Benton Thomas M RV-6A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2015-02-06	Valid
N1701V	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-09-30	Valid
N61804	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Skyhawk Virginia LLC Chester, Virginia	Standard	2014-06-26	Valid
N712GW	Mullen Gary John AVID MAGNUM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	2014-04-07	Valid
N2NU	Blanton David L THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2014-03-20	Valid
N23TX	Fisher Richard K RV-3A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2014-01-29	Valid
N425KW	Wooten Kurt R KW-9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2014-01-17	Valid
N129GR	Marlon O Gunderson/Gary L Ried COZY MK316	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2013-06-04	Valid
N569TJ	Thomas C Anderson MURPHY REBEL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2013-05-28	Valid
N8448M	Cessna A150K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-08	Valid
N132BU	Casa 1.131	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2012-11-08	Valid
N456BT	Hatfield Timothy E WAG-AERO CUB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Experimental	2012-10-16	Valid
N8009K	Oertli Erwin LONG EZ	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Experimental	2012-08-30	Valid
N493CK	Mark Steven Taylor HATZ CB-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2012-06-28	Valid
N88ET	Russell A Gelfan GLASAIR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2012-06-05	Valid
N42HC	Campo J/Hodge R RV-6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Experimental	2012-01-26	Valid
N78428	Cessna 172K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2012-01-09	Valid
N112NW	Wood Jr Ned/Donna GLASTAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2012-01-05	Valid
N917WE	Cessna 172I	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2011-12-14	Valid
N62FH	Raymond A Olson RV9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2011-10-20	Valid
N9177H	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lind Enterprises LLC Manistee, Michigan	Standard	2011-09-22	Valid
N2785R	Durtschi Steve NORTH STAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2011-06-13	Valid
N51274	Downing John C VANS RV-9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Experimental	2011-01-18	Valid
N49JB	Tilley Robert COZY III	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2011-01-10	Valid
N414D	Smith Philip D REBEL BY MURPHY LTD	Fixed-wing, single engine	Edgewater Aviation LLC Lake Havasu City, Arizona	Experimental	2010-08-27	Valid
N157DL	Sweet David L RV-6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-07-07	Valid
N12M	Fitzpatrick Mike RV-6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2010-05-18	Valid
N501RV	Saunders Robert Clinton RV9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2009-09-18	Valid
N316M	Mattson Douglas L VANS RV9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	2009-09-04	Valid
N359W	Wright James F WITTMAN W-10	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2009-04-02	Valid
N439J	Strickland Jerome RV-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2008-11-19	Valid
N372GM	Shetterly Gregory W SHETTERLY DR-107	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Experimental	2008-10-08	Valid
N161RW	Wynn Richard AVID MAGNUM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Experimental	2008-08-07	Valid
N956RV	Kemph Jeffrey A VANS RV 9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2008-05-16	Valid
N42WX	Weselmann Randall C CP750	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2008-05-14	Valid
N192DK	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Long Drive Holdings LLC Alpine, Utah	Standard	2008-03-06	Valid
N9697V	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Edge Aviation LLC Dickinson, North Dakota	Standard	2007-12-14	Valid
N74GM	Mellen George J COZY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2007-04-10	Valid
N4066B	Kuipers Abram VANS RV6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2007-02-07	Valid
N145GB	Behrens Gary K GLASAIR SH-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Experimental	2006-09-13	Valid
N267M	Sweetman Gary S VANS RV9A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Experimental	2006-07-27	Valid
N230FD	Connolly Robert ACRO SPORT 2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2006-07-11	Valid
N41VB	Von Bevern Brian J RV-6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Experimental	2006-05-25	Valid
N165JL	Levi Jonathan A SUNDERLAND S18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2006-04-24	Valid
N782P	Orear Jeffrey W VANS RV-6A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2006-03-31	Valid
N7577G	Cessna 172L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Elkhorn Aviation INC Baker City, Oregon	Multiple	2005-04-13	Valid
N31299	Brion William F BRION 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Experimental	2003-12-09	Valid
N64334	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Special flight permit	2003-10-08	Valid
N1622A	Kelly Steven L GLASTAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2003-03-14	Valid
N224TR	Rasmuson Ronald F VANS RV-6A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2000-03-07	Valid
N831GR	Rahiser Grover C Jr THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Experimental	1999-10-19	Valid
N72DD	Mildebrandt Donald E TAILWIND W-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1994-01-25	Valid
N20392	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard		Pending
N431E	Comer James C VANS RV7A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental		Pending
N605MN	Vince Mathews GLASTAR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Experimental		Sale reported
N6695M	Cessna 172M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard		Pending
N734R	Russell E Oberg MURPHY REBEL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado	Experimental		Valid

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.