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

Superior Air Parts O-360-A3A2

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Superior Air Parts O-360-A3A2 engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The American Champion Aircraft 7 Citabria and Champ is the model most often fitted with it (1 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 Superior Air Parts O-360-A3A2. FAA spelling: O-360-A3A2.

Fitted to model families

American Champion Aircraft 7 Citabria and Champ1Guy D Mccardle DAYTONA SUPER CUB1Traylor Jeffrey Lane SAFARI1

American Champion Aircraft 7 Citabria and Champ · Guy D Mccardle DAYTONA SUPER CUB · Traylor Jeffrey Lane SAFARI

Where they are owner's state

Wisconsin1Texas1Pennsylvania1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles2 (67%)Helicopters1 (33%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012222010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Superior Air Parts O-360-A3A2 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

Fitted to
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/superior-air-parts-o-360-a3a2.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N369T Traylor Jeffrey Lane
SAFARI
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2023-06-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N861PM American Champion Aircraft
7GCBC
Fixed-wing, single engine Flying Luvbug LLC
Grafton, Wisconsin
Standard 2022-11-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N722GM Guy D Mccardle
DAYTONA SUPER CUB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2012-10-30 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.