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

Superior Air Parts IO-360-B1A2

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Superior Air Parts IO-360-B1A2 engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Brady Kevin H SPORTSMAN GS-2 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2008 and 2026.

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-360-B1A2. FAA spelling: IO-360-B1A2.

Fitted to model families

Brady Kevin H SPORTSMAN GS-21Brian C Eldredge BCE-011Daniel L Forest VAN'S RV-61John A Carpenter RV6A1Meer Robert RV7A1Ostovar Ali VANS RV-81Richard C Snyder VANS RV-81Schuld Jeremy D RV-71Timothy S Cook VANS ACFT MDL RV-7A1

Brady Kevin H SPORTSMAN GS-2 · Brian C Eldredge BCE-01 · Daniel L Forest VAN'S RV-6 · John A Carpenter RV6A · Meer Robert RV7A · Ostovar Ali VANS RV-8 · Richard C Snyder VANS RV-8 · Schuld Jeremy D RV-7 · Timothy S Cook VANS ACFT MDL RV-7A

Where they are owner's state

Arizona2Texas1Oregon1Oklahoma1Nevada1Massachusetts1Florida1California1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles9 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

01245120003201052020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Superior Air Parts IO-360-B1A2 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E00001SC, held by Superior Air Parts INC.). The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

2021-01-152020-25-12 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E00001SCType certificate held by Superior Air Parts INC. · 120 models listed · revised July 20, 2016

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

Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/superior-air-parts-io-360-b1a2.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N685CT Timothy S Cook
VANS ACFT MDL RV-7A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2026-07-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N523RM Meer Robert
RV7A
Fixed-wing, single engine N523Rm LLC
Yukon, Oklahoma
Experimental 2025-12-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N462BS John A Carpenter
RV6A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2023-06-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N528CK Ostovar Ali
VANS RV-8
Fixed-wing, single engine 4J Aviation LLC
Perryton, Texas
Experimental 2023-02-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N949TX Brady Kevin H
SPORTSMAN GS-2
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2021-03-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N532RN Richard C Snyder
VANS RV-8
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Massachusetts
Experimental 2020-08-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N66HF Brian C Eldredge
BCE-01
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Nevada
Experimental 2020-07-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N424JD Schuld Jeremy D
RV-7
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2014-11-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N611PZ Daniel L Forest
VAN'S RV-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Oregon
Experimental 2014-01-02 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.