Superior Air Parts IO-320 series
6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Superior Air Parts IO-320 series engine, rated at about 160 horsepower. The Dantonio Alfred S-21 OUTBOUND is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2016 and 2025.
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 Superior Air Parts IO-320 series. FAA spelling: IO-320 SERIES.
Fitted to model families
Dantonio Alfred S-21 OUTBOUND · Hudson David L VANS RV-9A · Peter Fontaine PANTHER · Stanley C Dornberger VAN'S RV-9A · Thomas Argentieri RV-9A · Tibor Bucko SAFARI
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 Superior Air Parts IO-320 series the component layer
The FAA has issued 5 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 5 airworthiness directives · newest first
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
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- Pennsylvania 1 of these aircraft
- Ohio 1 of these aircraft
- North Carolina 1 of these aircraft
- Colorado 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Superior Air Parts IO-320 series 5 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/superior-air-parts-io-320-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N515AJ | Dantonio Alfred S-21 OUTBOUND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2024-02-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N787DH | Hudson David L VANS RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2023-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N131PF | Peter Fontaine PANTHER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2023-08-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N677AT | Thomas Argentieri RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Experimental | 2023-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N200TB | Tibor Bucko SAFARI |
Rotorcraft | S&U Property Investments LLC Wellington, Florida |
Experimental | 2023-02-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N787SD | Stanley C Dornberger VAN'S RV-9A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Colorado |
Experimental | 2020-07-17 | 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.