The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming TIO-360 series

15 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TIO-360 series engine, rated at about 282 horsepower. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the model most often fitted with it (6 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1971 and 2010.

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 TIO-360 series. FAA spelling: TIO-360 SER.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 172 Skyhawk6Piper PA-34 Seneca2Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M201Brantly B-21Duffy William VANS RV71Mooney M-201Partenavia P68-TC OBSERVER1Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow1Scaled Composites Inc 1441

Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Piper PA-34 Seneca · Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20 · Brantly B-2 · Duffy William VANS RV7 · Mooney M-20 · Partenavia P68-TC OBSERVER · Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow · Scaled Composites Inc 144

Where they are owner's state

Nebraska3Virginia1Utah1Texas1Tennessee1Oklahoma1New York1New Hampshire1Missouri1Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles10 (67%)Piston twins3 (20%)Turboprops1 (7%)Helicopters1 (7%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

024573197011980119907200012010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming TIO-360 series the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E16EA, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 26 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 26 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
2015-11-032015-19-07 · Fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-252011-26-04 · Externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming TIO-360 series

Certificates and bulletins

E16EAType certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 4 models listed · revised January 31, 2020

Safety bulletins 3 · 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

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-tio-360-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 15

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N6971U Mooney
M20E
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2026-07-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N935BC Scaled Composites Inc
144
Fixed-wing, single engine Blacksky Composites LLC
Concord, New Hampshire
Experimental 2025-04-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N174WD Duffy William
VANS RV7
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Utah
Experimental 2025-04-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N340PN Partenavia
P68-TC OBSERVER
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aspen Helicopters INC
Oxnard, California
Special flight permit 2023-05-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1411X Piper
PA-34-200T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2023-05-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N679T Piper
PA-34-200T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Copper City Aviation Services LLC
Bisbee, Arizona
Standard 2023-01-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N343SP Cessna
172S
Fixed-wing, single engine Eight16 LLC
Lewes, Delaware
Standard 2021-07-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N406JA Cessna
172S
Fixed-wing, single engine Spartan Education LLC
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Standard 2019-03-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N132VU Cessna
172R
Fixed-wing, single engine Performance Aircraft Sales INC
Lincoln, Nebraska
Standard 2019-03-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N135VU Cessna
172R
Fixed-wing, single engine Performance Aircraft Sales INC
Lincoln, Nebraska
Standard 2019-03-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N133VU Cessna
172R
Fixed-wing, single engine Performance Aircraft Sales INC
Lincoln, Nebraska
Standard 2018-10-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2316K Piper Aircraft Inc
PA-28-181
Fixed-wing, single engine Averett University
Danville, Virginia
Standard 2018-10-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N126HF Cessna
172S
Fixed-wing, single engine Heritage Asset Leasing LLC
Ronkonkoma, New York
Standard 2018-08-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6826V Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas
M20F
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Missouri
Standard 2017-11-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N45448 Brantly
B-2B
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Tennessee
Standard 2003-05-21 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.