Lycoming O-360-A2F
13 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-A2F engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Aero Commander 100 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1969 and 2021.
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-A2F. FAA spelling: O-360-A2F.
Fitted to model families
Aero Commander 100 · Armbruster Richard G VANS RV 6 · Carroll G Allen VANS RV-7 · Carver Gordon W VANS RV7A · Cessna 177 Cardinal · Cobb Keith M THORP T-18 · Haines Bradford GLASTAR · Joe Dubner LONG-EZ · Mark Mitzel TUNDRA CUB 18 · Mcnamee James R VANS RV-7A
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-A2F the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 4 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 4 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
- Aero Commander 100 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 177 Cardinal 1 with this engine series
- Starduster Too SA-300 1 with this engine series
- Georgia 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- California 2 of these aircraft
- Utah 1 of these aircraft
- Oregon 1 of these aircraft
- Simply Living LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-A2F 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-A2F 4 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-a2f.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 13
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N824RV | Mcnamee James R VANS RV-7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alabama |
Experimental | 2026-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N477AL | Cessna 177A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Simply Living LLC Fort Myers, Florida |
Standard | 2026-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35FL | Carroll G Allen VANS RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2024-05-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N343W | Haines Bradford GLASTAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Utah |
Experimental | 2023-10-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N47EZ | Joe Dubner LONG-EZ |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5426 | Mark Mitzel TUNDRA CUB 18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2022-10-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76JY | Yoder Jeremy L RV7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2021-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6213 | Starduster Too SA300 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2019-04-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4045X | Aero Commander 100-180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2018-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N776DG | Armbruster Richard G VANS RV 6 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2018-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N821ES | Schmitz Mark J RV-8 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Iowa |
Experimental | 2016-10-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N228SG | Carver Gordon W VANS RV7A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Experimental | 2015-09-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76KC | Cobb Keith M THORP T-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Connecticut |
Experimental | 2011-12-13 | 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.