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
N9561J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Scarlet Aviation LLC Jonestown, Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-01-04	Valid
N9565J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2023-01-04	Valid
N88NS	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-01-03	Valid
N5710W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Oso Air LLC Missoula, Montana	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N6036X	Mooney M20A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N6935N	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N6999D	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	N6999D LLC Fairfax, Virginia	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N7840N	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N7YD	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N8996E	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hooligan Air LLC Ponce Inlet, Florida	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N99PZ	Zilik Gary P ZILIK RV-6A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Experimental	2023-01-02	Valid
N43810	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lain Snow LLC Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina	Standard	2022-12-31	Valid
N5095T	Beech B23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2022-12-31	Valid
N82118	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eagle Aeronautics LLC Chicago, Illinois	Standard	2022-12-31	Valid
N100Q	Larkin PITTS SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2022-12-30	Valid
N44LR	Ranaudo Richard J VANS RV-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Experimental	2022-12-30	Valid
N74219	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cmcs Aviation LLC Atlantic Beach, Florida	Standard	2022-12-30	Valid
N7791P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2022-12-30	Valid
N81036	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Precision Aviation LLC Fayetteville, Georgia	Standard	2022-12-29	Valid
N12868	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2022-12-28	Valid
N23976	Beech C23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2022-12-28	Valid
N38840	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-12-28	Valid
N44071	Fall Martin RV-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2022-12-28	Valid
N4786L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-12-28	Valid
N6767C	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-12-28	Valid
N76957	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airplane Flyers LLC Nixa, Missouri	Standard	2022-12-28	Valid
N15115	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2022-12-27	Valid
N8895J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cherokee N8895J INC Westminster, Maryland	Standard	2022-12-27	Valid
N1231W	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N144RL	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N2EE	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N35185	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N5367P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N6014Z	Beech C23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N34634	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2022-12-24	Valid
N4082X	Aero Commander 100-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2022-12-24	Valid
N6409Q	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2022-12-24	Valid
N2521R	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2022-12-23	Valid
N9531J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Grayhawk Flight Training LLC Lucas, Texas	Standard	2022-12-22	Valid
N7944C	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2022-12-21	Valid
N28950	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2022-12-20	Valid
N7491W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-12-20	Valid
N109S	Beech 95	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Greenair CORP Memphis, Tennessee	Standard	2022-12-19	Valid
N30483	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2022-12-19	Valid
N8495W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2022-12-19	Valid
N6913N	Mooney M-20G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2022-12-17	Valid
N88417	Bellanca 8GCBC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alaska Department of Fish and Game Fairbanks, Alaska	Standard	2022-12-17	Valid
N9104V	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-12-17	Valid
N9146V	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2022-12-17	Valid
N836TA	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2022-12-16	Valid
N4367G	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-12-15	Valid
N778RD	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kilo Golf Aviation LLC St Simons Island, Georgia	Standard	2022-12-14	Valid
N3524Q	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine		Standard	2022-12-13	Valid
N3684R	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2022-12-13	Valid
N5136U	Cessna 172RG	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2022-12-13	Valid
N5182L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Garden City Aviation LLC Augusta, Georgia	Multiple	2022-12-13	Valid
N1196W	American General Acft Corp AG5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Grand Sarfari Productions LLC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2022-12-12	Valid
N25AR	Beech B95	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2022-12-12	Valid
N39KW	Woods Kenneth RV-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2022-12-12	Valid
N74257	Bellanca 14-13-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2022-12-12	Valid
N9227W	Maule MX-7-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2022-12-12	Valid
N5832Q	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hli Aviation LLC Red Banks, Mississippi	Standard	2022-12-10	Valid
N7478M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2022-12-09	Valid
N15223	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2022-12-08	Valid
N1191Z	American General Acft Corp AG5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lone Star Aircraft Holding Group LLC Plano, Texas	Standard	2022-12-07	Valid
N6562U	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Taquara LLC Ridgewood, New York	Standard	2022-12-07	Valid
N7834N	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vector Aviation LLC Mentor, Ohio	Standard	2022-12-07	Valid
N4732V	Cessna 172RG	Fixed-wing, single engine	General Aviation Support CORP Rosamond, California	Standard	2022-12-06	Valid
N1192N	American General Acft Corp AG5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Forster Larry Martin Aiken, South Carolina	Standard	2022-12-05	Valid
N30892	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2022-12-05	Valid
N4349F	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner District of Columbia	Standard	2022-12-05	Valid
N7362W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-12-03	Valid
N8928J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2022-12-02	Valid
N5282L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2022-12-01	Valid
N13757	Cessna 177B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2022-11-30	Valid
N2681W	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ab Mooney LLC Durham, North Carolina	Standard	2022-11-30	Valid
N4738L	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Right Side Up LLC Salisbury, North Carolina	Standard	2022-11-30	Valid
N5689P	Piper PA-24-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Massachusetts	Standard	2022-11-30	Valid
N9077J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-11-30	Valid
N3085T	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2022-11-29	Valid
N457SP	Cessna 172S	Fixed-wing, single engine	South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota	Standard	2022-11-29	Valid
N6502W	Piper PA-28-140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mid American Pilot Association INC Lawrenceville, Illinois	Standard	2022-11-29	Valid
N7046P	Piper PA-24	Fixed-wing, single engine	Comanche Aviation LLC Davie, Florida	Standard	2022-11-29	Valid
N7331W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bandit Aviation LLC Batesville, Mississippi	Standard	2022-11-29	Valid
N47971	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Five X Five Flight INC The Woodlands, Texas	Standard	2022-11-28	Valid
N8062W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Golden Wings Aviation LLC Kamas, Utah	Standard	2022-11-28	Valid
N5040T	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2022-11-24	Valid
N56404	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2022-11-24	Valid
N6281U	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-11-24	Valid
N5204V	Cessna 172RG	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-11-23	Valid
N8369W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2022-11-23	Valid
N55803	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2022-11-22	Valid
N5717W	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-11-22	Valid
N6588J	Piper PA-28-180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-11-22	Valid
N2958L	Mooney M20C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2022-11-21	Valid
N9114D	Piper PA-28-181	Fixed-wing, single engine	Macair Aviation LLC Xenia, Ohio	Standard	2022-11-21	Valid
N93RS	Socata TB 10	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-11-21	Valid
N82PM	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Collings Foundation INC Hudson, Massachusetts	Standard	2022-11-19	Valid
N9179S	Beech C23	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2022-11-18	Valid
N6527R	Cessna 172RG	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Aviation LLC Yuma, Arizona	Standard	2022-11-16	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.