Lycoming VO-435-B1A
6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming VO-435-B1A engine, rated at about 265 horsepower. The Bell 47 is the model most often fitted with it (6 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1967 and 1973.
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-B1A. FAA spelling: VO-435-B1A.
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 VO-435-B1A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-279, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 9 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 12 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 9 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 12 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 2 · 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
- Bell 47 6 with this engine series
- Pennsylvania 2 of these aircraft
- Iowa 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- California 1 of these aircraft
- Triple F Flying INC 2 of these aircraft
- Wilbur-Ellis CO 1 of these aircraft
- Ritel Copter Service INC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435-B1A 9 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435-B1A 12 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-vo-435-b1a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N468HA | Bell 47G-5 |
Rotorcraft | Skotz Helicopter Services LLC Bertram, Texas |
Standard | 2023-10-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1503L | Bell 47G-5 |
Rotorcraft | Triple F Flying INC Benton, Pennsylvania |
Restricted | 2014-12-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4097G | Bell 47G-5 |
Rotorcraft | Triple F Flying INC Benton, Pennsylvania |
Multiple | 2011-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N715BH | Bell 47G-5A |
Rotorcraft | Wilbur-Ellis CO Salinas, California |
Restricted | 2010-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8125J | Bell 47G-5 |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Iowa |
Restricted | 2009-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1449W | Bell 47G-5 |
Rotorcraft | Ritel Copter Service INC Hudson, Iowa |
Restricted | 2007-11-30 | 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.