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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming TVO-435-D1A

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming TVO-435-D1A engine, rated at about 270 horsepower. The Bell 47 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1963 and 1968.

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 TVO-435-D1A. FAA spelling: TVO-435-D1A.

Fitted to model families

Bell 472

Bell 47

Where they are owner's state

Wyoming1Delaware1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221960

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming TVO-435-D1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E13, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 10 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 5 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 10 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
2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2010-04-192010-07-08 · Turbochargers · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming TVO-435-D1A

Failure reports 5 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01234496197

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Bearing4Turbocharger1

Latest reports

1997-08-13Turbocharger: failed
1996-05-30Bearing: failed
1996-05-20Bearing: failed
1996-04-12Bearing: failed
1996-03-28Bearing: undersize

Certificates and bulletins

1E13Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 11 models listed · revised November 4, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
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
  • Bell 47 2 with this engine series
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-d1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N96785 Bell
47G-3B-1
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Wyoming
Standard 2021-01-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N804JF Bell
47G-3B-1
Rotorcraft Triple S Aviation LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2012-07-12 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.