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

Lycoming VO-435-A1D

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming VO-435-A1D engine, rated at about 250 horsepower. The Bell 47 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft).

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 VO-435-A1D. FAA spelling: VO-435-A1D.

Fitted to model families

Bell 472Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor 47G-21

Bell 47 · Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor 47G-2

Where they are owner's state

Florida1Delaware1Alabama1

Kind of aircraft

Helicopters3 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111950

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming VO-435-A1D the component layer

The FAA has issued 3 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 3 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
1980-08-1880-04-04 R1 · Crankshaft Flange Bolts · engine
1968-05-1968-08-08 · Hydraulic Valve · engine

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

01223307108109

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Bearing1Blade1Cover1Gearbox1Tube1

Latest reports

2009-03-19Cover: damaged
2008-02-29Gearbox: making metal
2007-10-24Blade: broken
2007-05-03Tube: cracked
2007-04-19Bearing: making metal

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-vo-435-a1d.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N8051E Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor
47G-2
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Alabama
Standard 2024-05-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5710 Bell
47K
Rotorcraft Tato Hauling Services LLC
Middletown, Delaware
Standard 2023-11-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N405HH Bell
47G-2
Rotorcraft Guardian Aviation LLC
Lakeland, Florida
Standard 2023-05-20 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.