Lycoming O-360-F1A6
23 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360-F1A6 engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the model most often fitted with it (16 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1979 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-F1A6. FAA spelling: O-360-F1A6.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Courte John M RV-7 · Jeff Rowland JEFF BUCKER BU131 JU · Mark D Sorrell/John L Sorrell SORRELL SNS7 HIPERBI · Ritsch Daniel C GLASTAR · Sahagun Salvador ZENITH STOL CH 801 · Underwood J R VANS RV-4 · White DYKE DELTA JD-2
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-F1A6 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-286, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 21 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 142 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 12 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 21 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 142 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 172 Skyhawk 16 with this engine series
- Wyoming 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- California 2 of these aircraft
- Wisconsin 1 of these aircraft
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-F1A6 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-F1A6 142 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-f1a6.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 23
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N313TD | Courte John M RV-7 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Cfi Care INC Oxford, Connecticut |
Experimental | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N15NH | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N172ZG | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6407V | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-12-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N406PT | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2025-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9313D | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Multiple | 2023-08-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N880TH | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aviation Peter CORP of New York New York, New York |
Standard | 2023-05-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4614R | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Altair Aircraft LLC Gainesville, Florida |
Standard | 2023-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N400RU | Underwood J R VANS RV-4 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kentucky |
Experimental | 2023-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N173RG | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner | Standard | 2022-10-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N292T | Ritsch Daniel C GLASTAR |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2022-02-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9974B | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Appalachian Aviation LLC Harrisonburg, Virginia |
Standard | 2021-12-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9785B | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2021-01-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N123HX | Mark D Sorrell/John L Sorrell SORRELL SNS7 HIPERBI |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2020-12-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N131JC | Jeff Rowland JEFF BUCKER BU131 JU |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2020-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N801PV | Sahagun Salvador ZENITH STOL CH 801 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2019-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4921V | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2018-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N107TS | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2016-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N426DL | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hawk30 Aviation LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2015-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N472KP | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | B2 West CORP Winona, Minnesota |
Standard | 2007-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9456D | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2000-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9692B | Cessna 172RG |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aberdeen Flying Service Aberdeen, South Dakota |
Restricted | 1993-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71AW | White DYKE DELTA JD-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Experimental | 1978-02-14 | 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.