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
N2646K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-04-15	Valid
N37266	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lost Aviators of Pearl Harbor LLC Bellingham, Washington	Standard	2014-03-28	Valid
N321PX	Rick Gritters/Tom Vanderlinden POBER PIXIE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Experimental	2014-03-20	Valid
N951SG	John S Todhunter SP-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-10-31	Valid
N40760	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2013-09-30	Valid
N22VY	Robert J Coolbaugh COOLBAUGH-PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2013-03-29	Valid
N22787	Piper J3C-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N221PT	Lagowski James P PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2012-08-30	Valid
N21032	Aeronca KCA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aeronca Aircraft History Museum Brighton, Michigan	Standard	2012-06-20	Valid
N51119	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-06-18	Valid
N49PB	Brown Philip L POBER PIXIE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Experimental	2012-06-14	Valid
N11850	Curtiss Wright JR CW1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Freeman Heritage Collection LLC Kingsbury, Texas	Experimental	2011-10-27	Valid
N2069E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nc2069E LLC Deland, Florida	Standard	2011-10-20	Valid
N84970	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2011-06-30	Valid
N88010	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2011-01-14	Valid
N36813	Piper/Port D E PIPER-J3C-65/L4 A CU	Fixed-wing, single engine	Crosswind Air LLC Canyon, Texas	Experimental	2010-08-16	Valid
N866BC	Charvet Andre B PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2009-05-18	Valid
N629ML	Paxton Matthew W Iv PAXTON PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2009-05-13	Valid
N30369	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2008-09-29	Valid
N276L	Logan Lance P RW22.5	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2008-08-21	Valid
N26152	Dart AERO-5	Glider	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	2008-07-07	Valid
N25147	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Prairie Aero LLC Elgin, Illinois	Standard	2007-09-12	Valid
N119CG	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2007-05-19	Valid
N96935	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2006-12-12	Valid
N1861E	Dart Robert G DART SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2006-06-12	Valid
N21828	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2006-02-24	Valid
N88058	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2005-11-03	Valid
N21366	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2005-06-21	Valid
N1933J	Brugioni Mario CUBY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Experimental Aircraft Association INC Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Experimental	2004-03-17	Valid
N7201C	Billingsley Charles W CW-1 REPLICA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Port Townsend Aero Museum Port Townsend, Washington	Experimental	2003-08-13	Valid
N86161	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2002-11-22	Valid
N33590	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2001-07-23	Valid
N8032M	Molek Jonathan P ACUB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	1999-01-12	Valid
N10152	Spearman S-1 SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	1986-03-18	Valid
N17419	Aeronca C-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Experimental		Pending
N32778	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard		Valid
N42091	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard		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.