Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD
13 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD engine, rated at about 300 horsepower. The Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga is the model most often fitted with it (12 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1978 and 1992.
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-S1AD. FAA spelling: TIO-540-S1AD.
Fitted to model families
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga · Baugh Milford D SEQUOIA 300
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-S1AD the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E14EA, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 37 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 52 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 6 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 37 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 52 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 7 · 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
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 12 with this engine series
- Georgia 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- Arizona 2 of these aircraft
- Oregon 1 of these aircraft
- New Jersey 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD 37 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD 52 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-tio-540-s1ad.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 13
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N8960Y | Piper PA-32RT-300T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2026-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N726GJ | Piper PA-32-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Jersey |
Standard | 2023-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4390W | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2022-08-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N728SJ | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Highland Aviation LLC Flagstaff, Arizona |
Standard | 2022-04-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N574MG | Piper PA-32RT-300T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2021-11-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N661W | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Jff Air LLC Dalton, Georgia |
Standard | 2021-10-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8170Y | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Raven Aeronautics LTD Monument, Colorado |
Standard | 2020-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30176 | Piper PA-32RT-300T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2020-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N47WP | Piper PA-32-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2019-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N48BL | Baugh Milford D SEQUOIA 300 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | NW Aircraft Sales & Leasing LLC Scappoose, Oregon |
Experimental | 2015-11-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8210E | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2014-03-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3078M | Piper PA-32RT-300T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2008-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2176V | Piper PA-32RT-300T |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aspen Avionics INC Phoenix, Arizona |
Experimental | 2007-03-28 | 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.