Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A
508 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A engine, rated at about 235 horsepower. The Cessna T182 Turbo Skylane is the model most often fitted with it (508 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2002 and 2026.
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-AK1A. FAA spelling: TIO-540-AK1A.
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-AK1A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E14EA, held by Textron Lycoming Avco Corporation). The FAA has issued 29 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 26 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 10 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 29 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 26 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
- Cessna T182 Turbo Skylane 508 with this engine series
- California 59 of these aircraft
- Texas 53 of these aircraft
- Montana 27 of these aircraft
- Delaware 26 of these aircraft
- Colorado 26 of these aircraft
- Civil Air Patrol 21 of these aircraft
- Van Bortel Aircraft INC 14 of these aircraft
- Textron Aviation INC 5 of these aircraft
- Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee 3 of these aircraft
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A 26 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 508
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6006T | Textron Aviation Inc T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Textron Aviation INC Wichita, Kansas |
Standard | Valid (manufacturer)FAA registration status code M: Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate. All codes | |
| N61984 | Cessna T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Tru Flight Materials LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N6292J | Cessna T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Bortel Aircraft INC Arlington, Texas |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N767RT | Textron Aviation Inc T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Bortel Aircraft INC Arlington, Texas |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N81CH | Cessna T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | Pending cancellationFAA registration status code 19: Registration pending, pending cancellation. All codes | |
| N84WE | Cessna T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Bortel Aircraft INC Arlington, Texas |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N915CR | Cessna T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Bortel Aircraft INC Arlington, Texas |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N91CY | Textron Aviation Inc T182T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Van Bortel Aircraft INC Arlington, Texas |
Standard | 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.