Lycoming O-360-A1F6
13 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-A1F6 engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Cessna 177 Cardinal is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1955 and 2020.
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-A1F6. FAA spelling: O-360-A1F6.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 177 Cardinal · Cessna 170 · John Norman Wach RV-7A · Johnson Vernon T RV-7A · Kusian James G VANS RV-6 · Maxwell Richard William RV6A · Moore Alan S SPORTSMAN GS-2 · Prizio SPORTSMAN GS-2 · Schibel John M GS-2 SPORTSMAN · Shiffer GS-2 SPORTSMAN
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-A1F6 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 23 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 89 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 25 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 23 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 89 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 177 Cardinal 2 with this engine series
- Cessna 170 1 with this engine series
- Ohio 1 of these aircraft
- New York 1 of these aircraft
- North Dakota 1 of these aircraft
- Missouri 1 of these aircraft
- Louisiana 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-A1F6 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-A1F6 89 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1f6.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 13
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N713DE | Prizio SPORTSMAN GS-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Experimental | 2025-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N717NA | Cessna 177B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Standard | 2025-01-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N19PF | Cessna 177B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Tac'S Enterprise LLC Ballston Lake, New York |
Standard | 2024-12-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N80BA | Schibel John M GS-2 SPORTSMAN |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Experimental | 2024-10-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8723Z | Moore Alan S SPORTSMAN GS-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2024-02-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N633WW | Wills Chris A Md WILLS WING SPORT |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2023-08-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N113JK | Kusian James G VANS RV-6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2023-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N40297 | Maxwell Richard William RV6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2022-11-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N127EM | Wullner Bryan V LANCAIR 360 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Dakota |
Experimental | 2020-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N373JW | John Norman Wach RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Experimental | 2020-08-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N234TJ | Johnson Vernon T RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2014-06-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N702DB | Shiffer GS-2 SPORTSMAN |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2008-05-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4325B | Cessna 170B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 1988-08-22 | 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.