Lycoming VO-540 series
110 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming VO-540 series engine, rated at about 310 horsepower. The Hiller UH-12 is the model most often fitted with it (56 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1954 and 2000.
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-540 series (2 codes). FAA spellings: VO-540 SERIES · VO-540 SER.
Fitted to model families
Hiller UH-12 · Bell 47 · Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga · Brantly 305 · Piper PA-46 Malibu, Mirage, Matrix and M-Class · Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 · Anthony L R/Anthony D J STARDUSTER II SA300 · Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger · Cessna T206 Turbo Stationair · Hiller-Rogerson Helicopter UH12E
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-540 series the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-304, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 13 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 13 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 1 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
- Hiller UH-12 56 with this engine series
- Bell 47 40 with this engine series
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 4 with this engine series
- Piper PA-46 Malibu, Mirage, Matrix and M-Class 2 with this engine series
- Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 2 with this engine series
- Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 1 with this engine series
- Cessna T206 Turbo Stationair 1 with this engine series
- Texas 20 of these aircraft
- California 12 of these aircraft
- Washington 6 of these aircraft
- Idaho 6 of these aircraft
- Michigan 5 of these aircraft
- Fort Wolters Helicopter INC 6 of these aircraft
- Slikker Flying Service INC 4 of these aircraft
- Summit Helicopters INC 2 of these aircraft
- Northwest Helicopters I INC 2 of these aircraft
- Magnum Aviation LLC 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-540 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-540 series 1 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 110
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N4415 | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Fort Wolters Helicopter INC Mineral Wells, Texas |
Restricted | 1998-11-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N14637 | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Fort Wolters Helicopter INC Mineral Wells, Texas |
Standard | 1998-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5098Y | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Texas |
Multiple | 1994-07-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N40277 | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Northwest Helicopters I INC Olympia, Washington |
Standard | 1992-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N180HA | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Ambrosini Helicopters INC Fresno, California |
Standard | 1989-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5325V | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Washington |
Multiple | 1982-08-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N132HA | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Sky Copters INC Westmoreland, Kansas |
Standard | 1978-04-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N238N | Brantly 305 |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N470WW | Bell 47J-2A |
Rotorcraft | World Trade Enterprises LLC Lucas, Texas |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N5362V | Hiller UH-12E |
Rotorcraft | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. 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.