Lycoming TIO-540-AF1B
14 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TIO-540-AF1B engine, rated at about 270 horsepower. The Mooney M-20 is the model most often fitted with it (13 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1989 and 2014.
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-540-AF1B. FAA spelling: TIO-540-AF1B.
Fitted to model families
Mooney M-20 · F T Pitts Sr/J A Pitts/T A Pit VANS AIRCRAFT RV-10
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 TIO-540-AF1B the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E14EA, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 28 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 9 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 28 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 9 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 5 · 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
- Mooney M-20 13 with this engine series
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- Virginia 1 of these aircraft
- Utah 1 of these aircraft
- Qualitair LLC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming TIO-540-AF1B 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming TIO-540-AF1B 9 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-tio-540-af1b.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 14
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N9120N | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Doherty Aviation LLC Bismarck, North Dakota |
Standard | 2026-01-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N18GX | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Stamp Investments LLC Oregon City, Oregon |
Standard | 2025-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N557US | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bosco Air LLC Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Standard | 2025-01-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N264MC | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Air Mc INC Trustee Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-10-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N251MB | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Golden Eagle Aviators INC West Jordan, Utah |
Standard | 2024-03-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N11ZD | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Qualitair LLC Trustee Michelstadt, |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N511HG | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-01-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N21448 | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sputnik I LLC Plymouth, Minnesota |
Standard | 2022-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N32HD | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-12-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N14YV | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | N14Yv LLC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2021-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N21538 | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Keyser Soze LLC Vancouver, Washington |
Standard | 2020-08-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N838CG | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2018-05-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N316AA | Mooney M20M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2018-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N517LW | F T Pitts Sr/J A Pitts/T A Pit VANS AIRCRAFT RV-10 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Experimental | 2014-06-26 | 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.