Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 2026

Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series

11,934 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow is the model most often fitted with it (5,037 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1957 and 2004.

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 / VO-360 series. FAA spelling: O&VO-360 SER.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow	5,037
Mooney M-20	1,530
Cessna 177 Cardinal	855
Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 Traveler, Cheetah and Tiger	547
Piper PA-24 Comanche	497
Cessna 172 Skyhawk	425
Beechcraft C23 Sundowner	418
Gulfstream American Corp AA-5	175
Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout	154
Piper PA-44 Seminole	127
Beechcraft 76 Duchess	115
Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1 Husky	108

Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow · Mooney M-20 · Cessna 177 Cardinal · Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 Traveler, Cheetah and Tiger · Piper PA-24 Comanche · Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Beechcraft C23 Sundowner · Gulfstream American Corp AA-5 · Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout · Piper PA-44 Seminole

Where they are owner's state

Texas1,084California1,068Florida824Pennsylvania366North Carolina365Arizona349Georgia340Washington338Ohio329New York301

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Texas	1,084
California	1,068
Florida	824
Pennsylvania	366
North Carolina	365
Arizona	349
Georgia	340
Washington	338
Ohio	329
New York	301

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles11,386 (95%)Piston twins422 (4%)Helicopters126 (1%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	11,386	95%
Piston twins	422	4%
Helicopters	126	1%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1930	2
1940	39
1950	406
1960	3,919
1970	4,247
1980	869
1990	594
2000	333

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to

Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 5,037 with this engine series
Mooney M-20 1,530 with this engine series
Cessna 177 Cardinal 855 with this engine series
Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 Traveler, Cheetah and Tiger 547 with this engine series
Piper PA-24 Comanche 497 with this engine series
Cessna 172 Skyhawk 425 with this engine series
Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 418 with this engine series
Gulfstream American Corp AA-5 175 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 1,084 of these aircraft
California 1,068 of these aircraft
Florida 824 of these aircraft
Pennsylvania 366 of these aircraft
North Carolina 365 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Bas Part Sales LLC 23 of these aircraft
Christiansen Aviation LLC 15 of these aircraft
Airline Transport Professionals CORP Of USA 15 of these aircraft
Wingsleasing LLC 14 of these aircraft
International Air Services INC Trustee 11 of these aircraft

Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-360-vo-360-series.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 11,934

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N30728	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1984-11-15	Valid
N7041P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	1984-10-29	Valid
N19JJ	Jones James A PITTS S-1E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1984-10-16	Valid
N74478	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	1984-10-01	Valid
N36470	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1984-09-27	Valid
N78901	Mooney M20B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1984-09-21	Valid
N427AS	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	1984-09-19	Valid
N5488P	Piper PA-24	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1984-09-19	Valid
N9834P	Piper PA-18-150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1984-09-07	Valid
N2041R	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1984-09-06	Valid
N7834W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1984-08-31	Valid
N1011L	Lake LA-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	1984-06-21	Valid
N4359Y	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sportsman Airpark INC Newberg, Oregon	Standard	1984-06-08	Valid
N6498J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1984-06-08	Valid
N74648	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1984-05-24	Valid
N28298	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1984-04-22	Valid
N11907	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Housatonic Flying Club INC Danbury, Connecticut	Standard	1984-04-04	Valid
N9223J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	1984-04-03	Valid
N9131K	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Thompson Flying Club INC New Cumberland, Pennsylvania	Standard	1984-03-28	Valid
N492BN	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1984-03-12	Valid
N5917V	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1984-03-12	Valid
N7541W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1984-03-07	Valid
N5868Q	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	1984-02-27	Valid
N5842W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Frakes Enterprises Happy, Texas	Standard	1984-02-22	Valid
N711SH	Highley Robert W Jr THORP T-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1984-02-17	Valid
N5517Q	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1984-02-02	Valid
N32506	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1984-02-01	Valid
N2228Z	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Thunderbird Aircraft CO Bloomington, Minnesota	Standard	1984-01-30	Valid
N2683T	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sojourn Flyers INC Chebanse, Illinois	Standard	1984-01-28	Valid
N21JV	Way PITTS S-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Matula John K Carlsbad, California	Experimental	1984-01-11	Valid
N41792	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gwinner Flying INC Gwinner, North Dakota	Standard	1984-01-09	Valid
N6154H	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Travis Air Force Base Aero Club Travis Afb, California	Standard	1983-11-23	Valid
N4594F	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	181 Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina	Standard	1983-11-18	Valid
N4790L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1983-11-18	Valid
N159DS	Blalock-Mk PITTS S-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Experimental	1983-11-09	Valid
N38841	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1983-11-03	Valid
N6150R	Cessna 172RG	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1983-10-31	Valid
N9217J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	1983-10-11	Valid
N2180T	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	1983-10-03	Valid
N30860	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	West Michigan Flying Club INC Norton Shores, Michigan	Standard	1983-10-01	Valid
N5574P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1983-09-22	Valid
N7569P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1983-08-17	Valid
N6220U	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1983-08-05	Valid
N28269	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Abram Simoff & Assoc Madison, New Jersey	Standard	1983-08-01	Valid
N181TC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1983-07-21	Valid
N2841V	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	South Jersey Aero Club INC Haddonfield, New Jersey	Standard	1983-07-20	Valid
N7968N	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	1983-06-14	Valid
N78130	Cessna 172K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Restricted	1983-05-31	Valid
N4162Y	Bellanca 8GCBC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1983-05-27	Valid
N38177	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Archer Enterprises CORP Ossining, New York	Standard	1983-05-18	Valid
N43098	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Forest City Aviation INC Forest City, Iowa	Standard	1983-05-11	Valid
N8225U	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1983-03-31	Valid
N371L	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Satellite Flying Club INC East Patchogue, New York	Standard	1983-02-04	Valid
N28986	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Recreation Plus INC London, Ohio	Standard	1983-01-26	Valid
N56424	Maule M-5-180C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Saunders Equipment INC Cold Spring, New York	Standard	1983-01-20	Valid
N7934W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Roanoke LTD Roanoke, Virginia	Standard	1983-01-20	Valid
N3633R	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1982-12-11	Valid
N139FC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	1982-12-07	Valid
N140FC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	1982-12-07	Valid
N142FC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	1982-12-07	Valid
N143FC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	1982-12-07	Valid
N134FC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Department of Agric & Consumer Svc/S Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	1982-12-06	Valid
N136FC	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	1982-12-06	Valid
N17177	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dawn Patrol Flying Club Northville, Michigan	Standard	1982-11-22	Valid
N33ZC	Marker Michael M RV-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Experimental	1982-09-20	Valid
N4894L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1982-09-04	Valid
N3153H	Christensen David R ACRO SPORT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Experimental	1982-08-14	Valid
N78882	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1982-07-29	Valid
N2935N	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1982-06-28	Valid
N5168P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	1982-06-22	Valid
N78955	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	1982-05-03	Valid
N8224W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	1982-04-29	Valid
N9079J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1982-04-09	Valid
N2627W	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Diamond Engineering & Service CO Granger, Indiana	Standard	1982-03-01	Valid
N9001J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1982-02-25	Valid
N4557S	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	1982-02-04	Valid
N9239J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1982-02-02	Valid
N123JP	Petri James P MOD. STEPHENS ARCO	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Experimental	1982-01-04	Valid
N6217P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	1981-12-10	Valid
N4279T	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1981-11-06	Valid
N4963L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1981-10-28	Valid
N16LW	Walters Linn R PITTS S1-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1981-10-23	Valid
N74349	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1981-10-14	Valid
N2179U	Brantly B-2B	Rotorcraft	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	1981-09-15	Valid
N6113R	Cessna 172RG	Fixed-wing, single engine	Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely, Colorado	Standard	1981-09-02	Valid
N579SC	Mahoney Steven BD-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	1981-08-24	Valid
N67MB	Lienau Joseph E BD-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1981-08-22	Valid
N5844W	Piper PA-28-160	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1981-07-02	Valid
N1225X	Mooney M20D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Suda INC Lindsborg, Kansas	Standard	1981-05-06	Valid
N88277	Bellanca 8GCBC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1981-05-04	Valid
N55244	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1981-04-16	Valid
N18948	Beech C23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1981-03-09	Valid
N5633P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1981-02-25	Valid
N8788E	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Coastal Fliers INC El Cajon, California	Standard	1981-02-06	Valid
N41320	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	1980-11-04	Valid
N3715X	Beech C23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Big Bend Community College Moses Lake, Washington	Standard	1980-08-18	Valid
N3714X	Beech C23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Big Bend Community College Moses Lake, Washington	Standard	1980-06-06	Valid
N8331C	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Roanoke Valley Flying Club Roanoke, Virginia	Standard	1980-06-03	Valid
N5243L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1980-06-02	Valid
N3012A	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bottoms Engineering & Service INC Frankfort, Kentucky	Standard	1980-05-23	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.