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

Continental A-65-8

137 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental A-65-8 engine, rated at about 65 horsepower. The Piper J-3 Cub is the model most often fitted with it (28 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1936 and 2025.

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 Continental A-65-8. FAA spelling: A-65-8.

Fitted to model families

Piper J-3 Cub28Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ)16Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief5Luscombe 8 Silvaire4Aeronca 11 Chief3Taylorcraft BC-652Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D2Taylorcraft DCO-652Aeronca C-31Aeronca KCA1American Champion Aircraft 7 Citabria and Champ1Baby Ace C1

Piper J-3 Cub · Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief · Luscombe 8 Silvaire · Aeronca 11 Chief · Taylorcraft BC-65 · Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D · Taylorcraft DCO-65 · Aeronca C-3 · Aeronca KCA

Where they are owner's state

Florida11Wisconsin9Washington8Oklahoma7New York7Texas6Pennsylvania6Oregon6Georgia6Ohio5

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles136 (99%)Gliders1 (0.7%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

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

Fitted to

Piper J-3 Cub 28 with this engine series
Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) 16 with this engine series
Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief 5 with this engine series
Luscombe 8 Silvaire 4 with this engine series
Aeronca 11 Chief 3 with this engine series
Taylorcraft BC-65 2 with this engine series
Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 2 with this engine series
Taylorcraft DCO-65 2 with this engine series

Where they are

Florida 11 of these aircraft
Wisconsin 9 of these aircraft
Washington 8 of these aircraft
Oklahoma 7 of these aircraft
New York 7 of these aircraft

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-a-65-8.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 137

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N57583	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2026-09-23	Valid
N85510	American Champion Aircraft 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2026-07-08	Valid
N1270E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2026-05-29	Valid
N46S	Exper Aircraft Assoc Chap85 POBER PIXIE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2026-05-22	Valid
N922LS	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2026-04-21	Valid
N26042	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2026-03-04	Valid
N556LR	Roethle Raphael O PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2026-01-02	Valid
N4406H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-12-21	Valid
N3603K	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2025-12-09	Valid
N8360H	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2025-12-01	Valid
N706SF	Ford Stephen L SUPER CHIEF	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Experimental	2025-10-28	Valid
N47358	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-08-08	Valid
N3785N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2025-07-29	Valid
N59420	Baby Ace C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dirty Side Down LLC Downers Grove, Illinois	Experimental	2025-06-17	Valid
N536SL	Ling Samuel M BABY ACE MODEL D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Experimental	2025-06-16	Valid
N42930	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wayson Air LLC Mount Auburn, Iowa	Standard	2025-06-12	Valid
N54694	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2025-05-15	Valid
N4664E	Tainter John CHRISTAVIA MK1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2025-04-28	Valid
N38452	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2025-03-21	Valid
N864A	Brown Craig FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2024-11-13	Valid
N82892	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Middle Tennessee Aviation LLC Arrington, Tennessee	Experimental	2024-10-28	Valid
N199AW	Neumann Kenneth D N-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2024-09-25	Valid
N3661K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-09-17	Valid
N45995	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N12969	Baum PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2024-07-19	Valid
N804PL	North Bp PAZMANY PL-4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2024-07-02	Valid
N899DL	Loegering Daniel P PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Experimental	2024-05-03	Valid
N86013	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2024-02-23	Valid
N2886E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N27451	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-01-09	Valid
N832VC	Courtney Vernon L PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Experimental	2024-01-08	Valid
N816MV	Dustin Anderson PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Experimental	2023-12-28	Valid
N489H	Paul W Gordon GN1 AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2023-12-13	Valid
N23981	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2023-12-06	Valid
N46489	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	None on file	2023-11-06	Valid
N1918Q	Buchanan Sam C BUCHANAN FOKKER DVII	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Experimental	2023-11-04	Valid
N228K	Stits SA6B FLUT-R-BUG	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2023-11-02	Valid
N1254P	Mark A Robertson PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	2023-08-21	Valid
N867MW	Willson Richard F FLY BABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2023-08-10	Valid
N3507K	Hedges David WAG-AERO CUBBY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2023-04-18	Valid
N922JK	Hunt Robert Frank FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ivco Vne Consulting LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Experimental	2023-02-02	Valid
N569B	Roberts William N Jr GREGA GN-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2023-01-27	Valid
N31432	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2023-01-16	Valid
N2944E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-01-03	Valid
N8111N	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum Rhinebeck, New York	Standard	2022-11-12	Valid
N96688	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2022-08-09	Valid
N68FC	Cone Franklin D WAG-AERO SPORT TRNR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2022-07-11	Valid
N4051U	White Gordon S WHITE MODEL I	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2022-06-15	Valid
N35FT	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-01-12	Valid
N3411N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2021-11-04	Valid
N1138D	Hall Dennis PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2021-10-07	Valid
N169RS	Buswell Mack A PIETENPOL GN1 ACMPR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2021-10-06	Valid
N3088E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2021-08-18	Valid
N6186L	Skistmas George PIETNPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Toledo Buzzards Light Sport Aircraft Club Maumee, Ohio	Experimental	2021-08-03	Valid
N501FB	Frank P Lipinski LIPINSKI BOWERS FLY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2021-08-02	Valid
N42EZ	Drew Chaplin / Justin Iida CHAPLIN-IIDA VARIEZE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Experimental	2021-05-28	Valid
N417GM	Morrison W Howard BOWERS FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eaa Aviation Foundation INC Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Experimental	2021-05-25	Valid
N1693E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2020-12-16	Valid
N7081W	Patrum N/Shanklin M STITTS S3A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2020-12-11	Valid
N489MG	Michael Dean Grissom GRISSOM POBER PIXIE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2020-12-02	Valid
N82742	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-09-24	Valid
N486N	Mcguire Stephen E CABIN ACE SJ	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Experimental	2020-06-16	Valid
N2035C	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2020-04-07	Valid
N1989K	Williams Rodney B BABY GREAT LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Experimental	2020-03-24	Valid
N967TM	Mccutchen Timothy M STOLP STARLET SA-500	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2020-03-12	Valid
N1241E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2020-01-07	Valid
N98723	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2019-12-31	Valid
N30736	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-12-06	Valid
N88574	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2019-08-29	Valid
N317KS	Thorstad Vaughn A VALLEY WINGS LLC MER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Valley Wings LLC Fargo, North Dakota	Experimental	2019-04-12	Valid
N88123	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2019-04-05	Valid
N502F	James R Katz BOWERS FLY BABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2019-03-16	Valid
N87955	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2019-03-07	Valid
N92381	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2019-02-12	Valid
N426CF	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Skyraider A1E LLC Rocky Hill, Connecticut	Standard	2019-02-05	Valid
N34585	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2019-02-02	Valid
N30496	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2018-08-31	Valid
N75125	Robinson Dennis PATRIOT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Experimental	2018-07-02	Valid
N42144	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2018-04-06	Valid
N72051	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2018-01-09	Valid
N36522	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2017-11-06	Valid
N65TV	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-07-11	Valid
N81661	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2017-04-05	Valid
N114GN	Jeffery Melau / Michael Melau BOWERS FLYBABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Melau Jeffery B Rhinelander, Wisconsin	Experimental	2017-04-04	Valid
N86399	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-02-07	Valid
N1389E	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Spirit of Rocky Mount LLC Nashville, North Carolina	Standard	2016-12-12	Valid
N9950C	Mi Baby Ace Project C-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2016-11-07	Valid
N100DV	Vogt Richard G CUBY AT ELEVEN	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Experimental	2016-10-18	Valid
N97401	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2016-04-25	Valid
N27584	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	None on file	2016-01-05	Valid
N955E	Barchik Edward Carl PIETENPOLE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2015-10-27	Valid
N3220F	Garner Reginald Denny Jr BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2015-09-16	Valid
N85910	Petrone HOMEBUILT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2015-09-01	Valid
N558YR	Daryl Rhodes EASY EAGLE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2015-06-30	Valid
N986M	Melby Mark G BABY ACE C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2015-04-28	Valid
N5499E	Eugene Molek ACUB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2015-04-15	Valid
N5393F	Terry L Fox RANS S6S TD	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	2015-03-23	Valid
N27249	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2014-11-25	Valid
N653JV	Veldhoff Jack I JV3 CUB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2014-06-27	Valid
N964KB	Bartholoma Kevin C GN-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bartholoma Kevin C Broadalbin, New York	Experimental	2014-06-23	Valid

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.