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

Lycoming O-340-A1A

5 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-340-A1A engine, rated at about 170 horsepower. The Brian Duvall BD-18 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2008 and 2018.

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-340-A1A. FAA spelling: O-340-A1A.

Fitted to model families

Brian Duvall BD-181Embree Walter G VANS RV61Geese Douglas A 6401Richard D Rider CCK-18651Robert E Bounds BOUNDS BEARCOUPE1

Brian Duvall BD-18 · Embree Walter G VANS RV6 · Geese Douglas A 640 · Richard D Rider CCK-1865 · Robert E Bounds BOUNDS BEARCOUPE

Where they are owner's state

Virginia1Nebraska1Indiana1California1Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles5 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

001222200022010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-340-A1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-277, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 13 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 13 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine
1997-08-1297-15-11 · Cylinder kits · engine
1992-07-1092-12-05 · Piston Pins · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-340-A1A

Certificates and bulletins

E-277Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 3 models listed · revised November 4, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs

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

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-340-a1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 5

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N136BC Robert E Bounds
BOUNDS BEARCOUPE
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Nebraska
Experimental 2023-01-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7218D Brian Duvall
BD-18
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2018-01-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N640DG Geese Douglas A
640
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2014-07-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N299RR Richard D Rider
CCK-1865
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Experimental 2014-04-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N951WE Embree Walter G
VANS RV6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2008-12-03 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.