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

Lycoming TSIO-360 series

7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TSIO-360 series engine, rated at about 215 horsepower. The Partenavia Spa P.68 OBSERVER 2 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1974 and 1991.

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

Fitted to model families

Partenavia Spa P.68 OBSERVER 23Piper PA-44 Seminole3Cessna 421 Golden Eagle1

Partenavia Spa P.68 OBSERVER 2 · Piper PA-44 Seminole · Cessna 421 Golden Eagle

Where they are owner's state

Texas1Tennessee1New Mexico1Kansas1Idaho1Florida1California1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins4 (57%)Turboprops3 (43%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

01223119703198021990

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

The FAA has issued 8 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 8 airworthiness directives · newest first

2013-11-132013-21-02 · Turbochargers · engine
2012-12-202012-24-09 · Turbocharger turbine wheel · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2011-07-132011-13-03 · Turbocharger Turbine · engine
2010-04-192010-07-08 · Turbochargers · engine
2009-02-092009-02-03 · Fuel injection servos · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming TSIO-360 series

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-tsio-360-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N384VP Partenavia Spa
P.68 OBSERVER 2
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aspen Helicopters INC
Oxnard, California
Standard 2024-01-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8390K Piper
PA-44-180T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Wingsleasing LLC
Wichita, Kansas
Standard 2023-07-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N93PA Piper
PA-44-180T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2021-04-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N469LC Cessna
421B
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Co-owned owner
New Mexico
Standard 2019-08-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8188S Piper
PA-44-180T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine N156Sl LLC
Oldsmar, Florida
Standard 2016-12-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N76TW Partenavia Spa
P.68 OBSERVER 2
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Nashville, Tennessee
Standard 1999-11-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N701 Partenavia Spa
P.68 OBSERVER 2
Fixed-wing, multi-engine United States Department of Interior
Boise, Idaho
Standard 1998-10-19 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.