Lycoming AEIO-540 — Airworthiness Directives & known issues

The Lycoming AEIO-540 is installed on 589 registered aircraft. These are the Airworthiness Directives that apply to the engine family — whichever airframe it’s bolted to.

Installed
589
Engine ADs
3
Recurring
0

Engine ADs for the Lycoming AEIO-540

  • one-time
    AD 2011-32467 — Airworthiness Directives; Lycoming Engines, Fuel Injected Reciprocating Engines

    We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain fuel injected reciprocating engines manufactured by Lycoming Engines. That AD currently requires inspection, replacement if necessary, and proper clamping of externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines. That …

  • one-time
    AD E6-15958 — Airworthiness Directives; Lycoming Engines (L)O-360, (L)IO-360, AEIO-360, O-540, IO-540, AEIO-540, (L)TIO-540, IO-580, and IO-720 Series Reciprocating Engines.

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Lycoming Engines (L)O-360, (L)IO-360, AEIO-360, O-540, IO-540, AEIO-540, (L)TIO-540, IO-580, and IO-720 series reciprocating engines. This AD requires replacing certain crankshafts. This AD results from reports of…

  • one-time
    AD 04-14477 — Airworthiness Directives; Lycoming Engines (Formerly Textron Lycoming), Direct-Drive Reciprocating Engines; Correction

    This document makes corrections to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2004-10-14, applicable to Lycoming Engines (formerly Textron Lycoming), direct-drive reciprocating engines that was published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2004 (69 FR 29210). Some corrections to engine models h…

Exact applicability (by engine serial and installed parts) and compliance come from the aircraft’s engine logs.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination.