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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 2026

Lycoming O-360-A1D

1,057 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-A1D engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow is the model most often fitted with it (164 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1947 and 2024.

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-A1D (2 codes). FAA spellings: 0-360-A1D · O-360-A1D.

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
194015
195027
196047
197092
1980135
1990389
2000172
201029
202015

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-360-A1D the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 25 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 82 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 25 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2021-01-152020-25-12 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2017-08-152017-16-11 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-360-A1D

Failure reports 82 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0368119500051117224
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
952
963
973
981
992
007
017
0211
036
0410
057
061
073
083
102
113
122
132
142
151
171
221
242

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Distributor Gear3Elt3Link3Bracket2Bushing2Control Cable2Fitting2Housing2Line2Mount2
Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Distributor Gear3
Elt3
Link3
Bracket2
Bushing2
Control Cable2
Fitting2
Housing2
Line2
Mount2

Latest reports

2024-10-03Exhaust Duct: leaking
2024-08-11Muffler: failed
2022-12-29Accumulator: abnormal
2017-11-27Carburetor: leaking
2015-02-20Coil: worn

Certificates and bulletins

E-286Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 72 models listed · revised April 30, 2013

Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2016-05-13NE-08-32R1 · Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set Screw
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
2012-11-21NE-13-06 · Pushrod Shroud Spring Retainers, Engine Components Part No. AEL14995, for Lycoming Engines 320,...
2008-09-10NE-06-32R1 · Reciprocating Engine - Crankshaft

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
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1d.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1,057

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N976LS Smith Lawrence B
RV-6A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 1997-08-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N85JB Burke Jonathan Christopher
S1-S
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 1997-06-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N91LH Hammer Bruce
SH-2
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Louisiana
Experimental 1997-01-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9178Q Mooney
M20C
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 1996-10-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21AJ Socata
TB 10
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Massachusetts
Standard 1996-09-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N25SH Burke Allen L
BURKE MUSTANG MII
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Georgia
Experimental 1996-09-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N91CZ Zavatson Christopher J
LANCAIR 360
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Experimental 1996-08-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N881MA Montanair Inc
SPIRIT 2180
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Montana
Experimental 1996-08-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N796DB Anderson David E
VANS RV-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arkansas
Experimental 1996-07-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N241RB Jankowski Richard S
RV-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 1996-06-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N83364 Piper
PA-28-181
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Standard 1996-03-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N25GB Bucker
JUNGMAN BU-131
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 1996-01-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N143PR Ortiz Ramon L
RV6-A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New Jersey
Experimental 1996-01-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N360GM Mcdaniel Gary
RV-4
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Missouri
Experimental 1995-11-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8247C Piper
PA-28-181
Fixed-wing, single engine Ponder Harvey e
Knoxville, Illinois
Standard 1995-03-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N96227 Cessna
172Q
Fixed-wing, single engine Civil Air Patrol INC
Montgomery, Alabama
Standard 1995-03-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N30430 Lazaro Ralph B
BUSHBY MUSTANG M-11
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Nevada
Experimental 1994-01-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N996US Aguirre Augusto F
RV6A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Tennessee
Experimental 1994-01-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N63866 Beech
C23
Fixed-wing, single engine Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, Washington
Standard 1993-09-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N476BC Davis Sam
STARDUSTER A-300
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 1993-04-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N81MM Piper
PA-28-181
Fixed-wing, single engine Mangum Aviation INC
Pasadena, Texas
Standard 1993-04-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N25186 Socata
TB 10
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Maine
Standard 1993-03-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1455H Aeronca
15AC
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Standard 1992-06-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36Q Schmidt
THORP T-18
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Oregon
Experimental 1992-03-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N360JW Womack Jay A
ULTIMATE 10-200
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Louisiana
Experimental 1991-06-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7023V Mooney
M20C
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Maryland
Standard 1991-05-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9480D Cessna
172RG
Fixed-wing, single engine Kent State University
Stow, Ohio
Standard 1990-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N80424 Bucker Jungmann
C.A.S.A. 1.131
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 1989-09-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8159K Stinson
108-1
Fixed-wing, single engine Q G Aviation of America INC
Fort Collins, Colorado
Experimental 1989-05-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N786JE Piper
PA-12
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Standard 1989-03-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N260EM Martin Edward I
THORP T-18
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Experimental 1988-06-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N39286 Beech
B95
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 1988-02-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N125E Beech
B95
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Co-owned owner
California
Standard 1987-09-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6577U Mooney
M20C
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 1987-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9367D Cessna
172RG
Fixed-wing, single engine Mccreery Aviation CO INC
Mcallen, Texas
Standard 1987-02-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3949Z Piper
PA-18-150
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Restricted 1986-09-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9787B Cessna
172RG
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Standard 1986-02-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N922P Pitts
SPECIAL S1-S
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Colorado
Experimental 1985-10-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4284T Piper
PA-28-180
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Indiana
Standard 1985-09-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3886K Globe
GC-1B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Tennessee
Standard 1985-07-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N25TW Wright Thomas R
PITTS S-1
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 1981-06-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N180WP Pietsch Warren
TAYLORCRAFT GJ
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
North Dakota
Experimental 1980-07-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N964RN Noyes
THORP T-18
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Nevada
Experimental 1979-03-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N12HY Aviat Aircraft Inc
A-1A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Utah
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N216P Hill George B
RV-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N233SF American Champion Aircraft
8GCBC
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Indiana
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes
N2824J Socata
TB 10
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes
N37HY Aviat Aircraft Inc
A-1B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes
N424RH Robinson Helicopter
R22 BETA
Helicopter Individual owner
Wisconsin
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N425PA Piper
PA-28-181
Fixed-wing, single engine Bas Part Sales LLC
Greeley, Colorado
Standard ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4429P Piper
PA-23-160
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Alaska
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N566RV Hallbauer Kenneth R
VANS AIRCRAFT RV-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N68AG Mooney
M20J
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8336H Piper
PA-28-181
Fixed-wing, single engine Neel Aviation LLC
Lakeland, Florida
Standard ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N89BJ Janzen Byron K
SUNDERLAND S18
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N93GW Goat Works Inc
GW MOUNTAIN GOAT
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N96ME Maule
MXT-7-180
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Oregon
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.