Lycoming O-360-A1A
600 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-A1A engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Cessna 170 is the model most often fitted with it (8 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1946 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-360-A1A. FAA spelling: O-360-A1A.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 170 · Cessna 177 Cardinal · Cessna 175 Skylark · Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser · Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky · Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow · Globe GC-1 Swift · Piper PA-18 Super Cub · Piper PA-24 Comanche
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-360-A1A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Textron Lycoming Avco Corporation). The FAA has issued 26 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 103 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 26 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 103 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
- Cessna 170 8 with this engine series
- Cessna 177 Cardinal 7 with this engine series
- Cessna 175 Skylark 6 with this engine series
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 5 with this engine series
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 4 with this engine series
- Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky 3 with this engine series
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 3 with this engine series
- Globe GC-1 Swift 2 with this engine series
- Texas 64 of these aircraft
- California 56 of these aircraft
- Florida 51 of these aircraft
- Oregon 28 of these aircraft
- Arizona 26 of these aircraft
- Wnc Aviation LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-A1A 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-A1A 103 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 600
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N74KD | Dannenberg Kenneth COUGAR TRI-GEAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2007-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N41HS | Stevens Randall L RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2007-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N977A | Archer Jimmy R RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2007-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1173X | Cessna 172S |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wnc Aviation LLC Arden, North Carolina |
Standard | 2007-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N911WG | Grischo William RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2007-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N72GS | Smith Gregory Scott RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Experimental | 2007-01-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2476E | Cessna 172S |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Skyspot Advertising LLC Lakeland, Florida |
Standard | 2006-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7130 | Lash Alvin C RV 7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2006-11-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N906RG | Clark R/Clark G RV7-A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2006-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91CM | Crosby Scott E VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Experimental | 2006-10-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N181SB | Danclovic Paul D RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2006-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N548SM | Morrow James S RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Experimental | 2006-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N16LD | Dodge Larry H RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2006-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N547EL | Liebermann Eli RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Jersey |
Experimental | 2006-09-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N826ME | Emrath Martin L RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2006-08-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N736DW | Wrote Donald S SMITH CUB 18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2006-07-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N58WJ | Suggs Donald RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Idaho |
Experimental | 2006-07-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N406JM | Matlock Jimmy R RV4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2006-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9038F | Grupp Wayne RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | 2006-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42PZ | Zeidman Richard B VANS RV7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2006-05-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N23EJ | Iglesias Hector E RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2006-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91051 | Kraft Duane J RV 4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Dakota |
Experimental | 2006-03-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N556RV | Ketter Ralph J RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Mexico |
Experimental | 2006-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N61GQ | Questa Gary BEDE BD-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2005-12-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N806RV | Harrell Kenneth RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2005-11-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N334AK | Baggett Judson B VANS RV8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Jag Air INC Tampa, Florida |
Experimental | 2005-10-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N74FP | Pettit Myron F VAN'S RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2005-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N484VM | Lake John K LAKAVA STAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 2005-08-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3067F | Craw Keith VANS ACFT RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Misty Air LLC Parker, Colorado |
Experimental | 2005-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N222KL | Lohmueller Kurt M RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2005-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N84BM | Mcminn RV4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2005-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N130BR | Wilcox Charles VANS RV4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2005-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N923AM | Edburg Stanley L BURGS SPECIAL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2005-04-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N242DF | Force Dave COLORADO CONDOR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2005-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N964PL | Blue Sky Industries Llc VANS AIRCRAFT RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Blue Sky Industries LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Experimental | 2004-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N90214 | Walsh John L VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Market Garden CORP Wilmington, Delaware |
Experimental | 2004-08-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N12AC | Carroll Alan R VANS RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2004-08-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N88YZ | Hultzapple Ted D RV8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2004-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N988JB | Bard John A VANS RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2004-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N121PR | Paulich John Iii PAULICH RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2004-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N164AR | Rydman Allen G VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 2004-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N528JH | Huntimer James M VANS RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Dakota |
Experimental | 2004-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N69VP | Potts Vince RV7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alabama |
Experimental | 2004-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N316SM | Gilland Mark J VANS RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2004-04-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N664W | Billiar Michael E RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2004-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N818DC | Carr Donald A VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2004-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N829RV | Newhall Robert E Ii RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2004-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N83AG | Gleixner Aaron RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Connecticut |
Experimental | 2004-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N684RW | Warren Randal RV6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2004-01-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N210GP | Peers Guy W RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2004-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N312JM | Miller James D VANS RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2004-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N40BX | Breton Michael A VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2003-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N216PH | Hunt Peter J RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2003-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N812RS | Sears Richard RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maryland |
Experimental | 2003-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8MM | Shablow John RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2003-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N645DB | Bailey Dennis L VANS ACFT RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2003-05-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N520RR | Rauch Richard B RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2003-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25KJ | Giger Ken VANS RV6-A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2003-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N848VB | Babyak Victor J VANS RV8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2003-03-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N864M | Degair Inc LANCAIR 360 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2003-03-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5056U | Foster Walter E RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2003-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N507JL | Lara Jess D LANCAIR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Mexico |
Experimental | 2003-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N898DK | Pratt Christopher J VANS RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2003-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N414RV | Proebstl Robert J RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2002-10-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N101EM | Martin Edward B RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2002-09-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N808VR | Frank Daniel W DAN'S RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2002-07-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N744DM | Maloney Daniel David RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2002-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N447H | Hartz Paul RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2002-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N116JM | Morgan James E MORGAN RV6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2002-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34KC | Cantrell Kenneth P RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2002-03-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N164N | Newkirk Thomas Ray VANS RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2002-02-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2JL | Lane John T RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2002-02-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N106RT | Sobota Thomas J RV6-A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2002-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N75KR | Ross Kevin D RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2001-09-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34PP | Peters Paul J VANS ACFT RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2001-07-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N158RV | Vans Acft Inc RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Vans Aircraft INC Aurora, Oregon |
Experimental | 2001-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6PM | Goode Max T RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2001-04-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45GK | Knievel Gerald VANS ACFT RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2000-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N362CT | Ervin Thomas D RV6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Ohio |
Experimental | 1999-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N88JV | Vangrunsven Gerald B VANS RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Experimental | 1999-10-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77YW | Meske Richard A RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 1999-08-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N72AE | Daror Edward S RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Arizona |
Experimental | 1999-02-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N80836 | Universal GLOBE GC-1B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 1998-10-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N974MP | Plaisier Matthew Richard PITTS S1E |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 1998-02-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4011M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bush Pilot INC Soldotna, Alaska |
Restricted | 1996-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N111MV | Vodon Mark A RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 1996-10-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64KX | Burris-Meyer Peter W VANS ACFT RV6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 1994-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N690Z | Kalisz John RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 1992-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N440DW | Wheeler Daniel D RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 1991-06-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5281T | Piper PA-28-180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Century Flight Systems INC Mineral Wells, Texas |
Standard | 1990-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2553M | Piper PA-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Dakota |
Standard | 1987-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N171EJ | Ward Edmond R RV6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N190GE | Christmann Michael VANS RV8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Experimental | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes | |
| N25MN | Overall Dana C DO-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N2807T | Piper PA-28-180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 17: Sale reported, pending cancellation. All codes | |
| N443PK | Klein Paul W VANS RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Experimental | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N50LH | Hoyt Larry VANS RV-8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N677RV | Munkers Gregory S RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lite Wings LLC Silver Creek, Nebraska |
Experimental | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N747JK | Krisik Gerald A RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Experimental | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N833DW | Wittman D R/Wittman D M WITTMAN RV6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Experimental | CanceledFAA registration status code 18: Sale reported, canceled. 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.
