Lycoming O-360-C2A
19 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-C2A engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is the model most often fitted with it (5 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1948 and 2022.
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-C2A. FAA spelling: O-360-C2A.
Fitted to model families
Piper PA-18 Super Cub · Daniel Michel DANNY BOY SPECIAL · Douglas L Hooker PA-18 CLONE · G Elwin Halvorsen PA18WB/L21-180 · Jeff Reynolds BACKCOUNTRY SUPERCUB · Jones Ted F VANS ACFT RV9A · Keller Douglas Otto SUPER CUB EXP · Nathan A Rehak CAW-12 · Piper L-21 · Piper PA-14
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-C2A 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. Operators and repair shops have filed 18 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 22 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 18 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
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub 5 with this engine series
- Piper L-21 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-14 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-16 Clipper 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 1 with this engine series
- Alaska 5 of these aircraft
- Oregon 3 of these aircraft
- New Mexico 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- Wyoming 1 of these aircraft
- Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-C2A 22 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-C2A 18 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-c2a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 19
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N669TJ | Jones Ted F VANS ACFT RV9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2025-10-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N303RT | Tinnell Robert L VANS RV-6A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2025-08-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7199K | Piper PA-18-135 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Mountain Mind Media LLC Palmer, Alaska |
Multiple | 2025-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5175D | Piper PA-18-150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Slug Air LLC White Salmon, Washington |
Standard | 2024-06-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2129P | Nathan A Rehak CAW-12 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2022-08-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N137DB | Daniel Michel DANNY BOY SPECIAL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2021-08-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N753AT | Piper L-21B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sapient Air LLC Hood River, Oregon |
Standard | 2021-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N787LH | Slipstream Aero Llc PA-18 EXP SUPER CUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lawyers Real Estate Services LLC Roswell, New Mexico |
Experimental | 2021-07-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8288C | Piper PA-18-150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Mexico |
Standard | 2020-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4539A | Piper PA-22-150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 2020-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N95DH | Douglas L Hooker PA-18 CLONE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2017-10-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N360WY | Jeff Reynolds BACKCOUNTRY SUPERCUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 360Wy LLC Pinedale, Wyoming |
Experimental | 2014-05-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45EH | G Elwin Halvorsen PA18WB/L21-180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Experimental | 2014-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9898D | Keller Douglas Otto SUPER CUB EXP |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2011-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N13NV | Shepherd Howard M SUPERCUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2010-03-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N224T | Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC Hollywood, Florida |
Restricted | 2004-08-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6971D | Piper PA-18A 150 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC Hollywood, Florida |
Restricted | 2004-04-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4240H | Piper PA-14 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2001-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5378H | Piper PA-16 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 1998-11-16 | 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.