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

Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A engine, rated at about 425 horsepower. The Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

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 TIGO-541-E1A. FAA spelling: TIGO-541-E1A.

Fitted to model families

Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain1

Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain

Where they are owner's state

Oklahoma1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins1 (100%)

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E19EA, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 55 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 9 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2011-08-162011-15-10 · Fuel servos · engine
2011-07-132011-13-03 · Turbocharger Turbine · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A

Failure reports 55 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

036811950007115

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Cylinder8Crankshaft6Gearbox3Bushing2Engine2Gear2Pump2Valve Seat2Adapter1Bearing1

Latest reports

2015-03-30Blade: damaged
2013-07-29Mount: broken
2009-11-27Drum: misrigged
2007-10-10Elbow: worn
2007-08-28Gasket: wrong part

Certificates and bulletins

E19EAType certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 6 models listed · revised November 4, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-tigo-541-e1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N123JH Piper
PA-31P
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Fti Group LLC
Norman, Oklahoma
Standard 2024-10-30 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.