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

Lycoming O-360-C1A

7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-C1A engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1974 and 2016.

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-C1A (2 codes). FAA spellings: 0-360-C1A · O-360-C1A.

Fitted to model families

Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout1Bostick John R SUPERCUB1Janzen F/Enns D RV-6A1Miller Gregory Scott GOT ROCKS1Parriera Lionel D COOT-A1Sapp Douglas SUPER BEAR1Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters1

Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout · Bostick John R SUPERCUB · Janzen F/Enns D RV-6A · Miller Gregory Scott GOT ROCKS · Parriera Lionel D COOT-A · Sapp Douglas SUPER BEAR · Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters

Where they are owner's state

California3Washington1Texas1Florida1Alaska1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles6 (86%)Helicopters1 (14%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0122311970119903200012010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-360-C1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 22 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 22 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
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2008-10-202008-19-05 · Parallel Valve'' reciprocating engines · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-360-C1A

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N241B Bostick John R
SUPERCUB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2025-07-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N204SL Schweizer
269C-1
Rotorcraft Bethesda Family LP
Auburn, California
Standard 2025-02-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8590V Bellanca
8GCBC
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2025-01-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N241JE Janzen F/Enns D
RV-6A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2024-10-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18YK Sapp Douglas
SUPER BEAR
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2024-04-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29LP Parriera Lionel D
COOT-A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2023-06-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9015U Miller Gregory Scott
GOT ROCKS
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alaska
Experimental 2010-04-22 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.