Lycoming IO-540 family
Lycoming's fuel-injected 540-series piston-engine family used by the later Cessna 182S and 182T.
Identity
- Aliases
- IO-540Lycoming IO-540
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Lycoming IO-540 family
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Lycoming's fuel-injected 540-series piston-engine family used by the later Cessna 182S and 182T.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Piston Specs
- Configuration
- horizontally opposed
- Cylinder Count
- 6
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:42:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:42:58 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Validates FAA Type Certificate 3A13 and maps 182 series model groups to O-470-L/R/S/U, O-540-J3C5D, O-540-L3C5D, IO-540-AB1A5, and TIO-540-AK1A installations.
- Publisher
- Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
- Title
- Type Acceptance Report 1/21B/15 - Cessna 182 Series
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Provides the official O-540/IO-540 family boundary and lists the exact Cessna-relevant model designations, including O-540-J3C5D, O-540-L3C5D, and IO-540-AB1A5.
- Publisher
- Lycoming Engines
- Title
- O-540 & IO-540 Operator's Manual