Lycoming O-540-L3C5D
18 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-540-L3C5D engine, rated at about 235 horsepower. The Cessna TR182 Turbo Skylane RG is the model most often fitted with it (16 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1979 and 2006.
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-L3C5D. FAA spelling: O-540-L3C5D.
Fitted to model families
Cessna TR182 Turbo Skylane RG · Cessna R182 Skylane RG · Clevenger Jim BEARHAWK
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-540-L3C5D 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.
FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 9 · 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 TR182 Turbo Skylane RG 16 with this engine series
- Cessna R182 Skylane RG 1 with this engine series
- California 4 of these aircraft
- Delaware 3 of these aircraft
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Nevada 2 of these aircraft
- New Hampshire 1 of these aircraft
- International Air Services INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540-L3C5D 20 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-540-l3c5d.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 18
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N454DM | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2026-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N738TY | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Forest Structural Engineering INC Boston, Massachusetts |
Standard | 2025-10-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N756CZ | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Restricted | 2025-10-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N226WT | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2025-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1014T | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2024-09-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N756WE | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2024-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N323PC | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Triego INC Dumas, Texas |
Standard | 2024-04-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N230MM | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-12-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7567M | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-11-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6388T | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Luribay CORP Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N452RA | Cessna R182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2021-08-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N83SW | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2019-09-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7188C | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas |
Experimental | 2019-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N916JC | Clevenger Jim BEARHAWK |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Hampshire |
Experimental | 2012-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N182ZS | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2009-04-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N381AH | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Geodata Aircraft Management INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2006-07-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N737PS | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Cozumel Leasing LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Experimental | 2005-08-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N999ZP | Cessna TR182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 1994-01-04 | 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.