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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming O-540-G1A5

6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-540-G1A5 engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Piper PA-25 Pawnee is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1963 and 2012.

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-540-G1A5. FAA spelling: O-540-G1A5.

Fitted to model families

Piper PA-25 Pawnee4Jeffries Don Jr SR25001Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow1

Piper PA-25 Pawnee · Jeffries Don Jr SR2500 · Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow

Where they are owner's state

Florida3Texas1Missouri1Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles6 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

01223319601197012010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming O-540-G1A5 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-295, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 8 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-09-142026-17-10 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section · engine
2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine
2017-08-152017-16-11 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming O-540-G1A5

Failure reports 8 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

02346695103119

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Contact Points2Axle1Bearing1Capacitor1Engine1Impulse Coupling1Valve Key1

Latest reports

2019-06-09Engine: power loss
2003-06-23Axle: fatigued
1995-09-12Contact Points: failed
1995-09-12Contact Points: failed
1995-08-27Capacitor: corroded

Certificates and bulletins

E-295Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 47 models listed · revised April 30, 2013

Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2016-05-13NE-08-32R1 · Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set Screw
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
2012-11-21NE-13-06 · Pushrod Shroud Spring Retainers, Engine Components Part No. AEL14995, for Lycoming Engines 320,...
2008-09-10NE-06-32R1 · Reciprocating Engine - Crankshaft

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

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Where they are
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Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-540-g1a5.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 6

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N6906W Piper
PA-28-140
Fixed-wing, single engine Standard American Adjusters INC
Alba, Texas
Standard 2026-06-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N732UA Piper
PA-25-260
Fixed-wing, single engine Sonoran Aero LLC
Phoenix, Arizona
Restricted 2024-11-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6793Z Piper
PA-25-235
Fixed-wing, single engine Jnc Aviation LLC
Saint Louis, Missouri
Standard 2024-04-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N46DJ Jeffries Don Jr
SR2500
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2019-09-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4792Y Piper
PA-25-260
Fixed-wing, single engine Aerial Banners INC
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Standard 2015-03-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N454AB Piper
PA-25-260
Fixed-wing, single engine Aerial Banners North INC
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Standard 2011-05-14 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.