The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 29, 2026

Wright R-1820-76B

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Wright R-1820-76B engine, rated at about 1425 horsepower. The Grumman HU-16 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 Wright R-1820-76B. FAA spelling: R-1820-76B.

Fitted to model families

Grumman HU-161
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Grumman HU-161

Grumman HU-16

Where they are owner's state

Montana1
By state, as a table
aircraft
Montana1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins1 (100%)
By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston twins1100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111950
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19501

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/wright-r-1820-76b.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N10019 Grumman
HU-16B
 Fixed-wing, multi-engine Wpp Nautical LLC
Helena, Montana
 Experimental 2026-02-28 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 29, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.