Lycoming O-360-C2E
5 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-C2E engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1974 and 1992.
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-C2E. FAA spelling: O-360-C2E.
Fitted to model families
Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout · Weflen Arvid WPA-18-180WB
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-C2E the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 129 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 22 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 129 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
- Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 4 with this engine series
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-C2E 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-C2E 129 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-c2e.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 5
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N88297 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Restricted | 2025-07-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N977SD | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N95NH | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Standard | 2021-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7680S | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2014-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N181AK | Weflen Arvid WPA-18-180WB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2009-06-03 | 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.