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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 23, 2026

Wright R-1820-76D

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Wright R-1820-76D engine, rated at about 1425 horsepower. The Grumman HU-16 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1951 and 1986.

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-1820-76D. FAA spelling: R-1820-76D.

Fitted to model families

Grumman HU-162Nichols Charles L GRUMMAN FM-21
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Grumman HU-162
Nichols Charles L GRUMMAN FM-21

Grumman HU-16 · Nichols Charles L GRUMMAN FM-2

Where they are owner's state

Utah1Texas1Ohio1
By state, as a table
aircraft
Utah1
Texas1
Ohio1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins2 (67%)Piston singles1 (33%)
By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston twins267%
Piston singles133%

When the aircraft were built by decade

001222195011980
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19502
19801

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

Fitted to
Where they are
  • Utah 1 of these aircraft
  • Texas 1 of these aircraft
  • Ohio 1 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
Analytics

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

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N1954Z Grumman
HU-16C
 Fixed-wing, multi-engine Mayfield Aviation LLC
Salem, Utah
 Experimental 2024-04-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7026C Grumman
HU-16
 Fixed-wing, multi-engine Tri-State Warbird Museum
Batavia, Ohio
 Experimental 2024-04-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5833 Nichols Charles L
GRUMMAN FM-2
 Fixed-wing, single engine American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum INC
Dallas, Texas
 Experimental 1991-09-10 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 23, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.