The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of November 6, 2026

Lycoming O-320-EXP

11 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-320-EXP engine, rated at about 160 horsepower. The David E Smith SUPER CUB is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1993 and 2017.

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-EXP. FAA spelling: O-320-EXP.

Fuel: 100LL avgas.

Fitted to model families

David E Smith SUPER CUB1Gary Towner SWICK-T1J Homsley/L Watson VANS RV-9A1Jeremy L Heidinger RV-81Michael W Stewart PITTS S11Moseley Charles B RV-7A1Pressler Paul C VANS RV-61Ron S Kuzina HIGHCOUNTRY CUB1Sims David L RV-31Swords Donald H HATZ CB-11William L Mount RV9A1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
David E Smith SUPER CUB1
Gary Towner SWICK-T1
J Homsley/L Watson VANS RV-9A1
Jeremy L Heidinger RV-81
Michael W Stewart PITTS S11
Moseley Charles B RV-7A1
Pressler Paul C VANS RV-61
Ron S Kuzina HIGHCOUNTRY CUB1
Sims David L RV-31
Swords Donald H HATZ CB-11
William L Mount RV9A1

David E Smith SUPER CUB · Gary Towner SWICK-T · J Homsley/L Watson VANS RV-9A · Jeremy L Heidinger RV-8 · Michael W Stewart PITTS S1 · Moseley Charles B RV-7A · Pressler Paul C VANS RV-6 · Ron S Kuzina HIGHCOUNTRY CUB · Sims David L RV-3 · Swords Donald H HATZ CB-1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles11100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19901
20001
20109

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Where they are
Biggest operators

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-320-exp.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 11

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N401MS Michael W Stewart
PITTS S1
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2026-01-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N39SC David E Smith
SUPER CUB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2025-08-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N721PK Moseley Charles B
RV-7A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Kentucky
Experimental 2023-06-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N282RV Jeremy L Heidinger
RV-8
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Ohio
Experimental 2022-12-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N932WF William L Mount
RV9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Oregon
Experimental 2019-05-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N527JT Pressler Paul C
VANS RV-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Bald Eagle Aviation LLC
Cotopaxi, Colorado
Experimental 2019-05-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N330RV Sims David L
RV-3
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2017-10-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4816B Ron S Kuzina
HIGHCOUNTRY CUB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2015-12-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N240T Gary Towner
SWICK-T
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Tennessee
Experimental 2014-10-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N911WH J Homsley/L Watson
VANS RV-9A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arkansas
Experimental 2014-07-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N377S Swords Donald H
HATZ CB-1
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 2001-10-29 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), November 6, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.