Continental A40 series
112 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental A40 series engine, rated at about 40 horsepower. The Piper J-2 is the model most often fitted with it (34 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1930 and 2002.
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 A40 series. FAA spelling: A40 SERIES.
Fitted to model families
Piper J-2 · Taylorcraft A · Piper E-2 · Taylor J-2 · Piper J-3 Cub · Taylor E-2 · Hartmann WELCH OW5M · Aeronca C-3 · Aeronca KC · American Eaglecraft EAGLET 231
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental A40 series the component layer
The design is held under 2 type certificates. No FAA order in the current files names this engine series.
Certificates and bulletins
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register
- Piper J-2 34 with this engine series
- Taylorcraft A 20 with this engine series
- Piper E-2 13 with this engine series
- Taylor J-2 10 with this engine series
- Piper J-3 Cub 9 with this engine series
- Taylor E-2 4 with this engine series
- Aeronca C-3 1 with this engine series
- Rose PARRAKEET A-1 1 with this engine series
- Texas 9 of these aircraft
- Pennsylvania 9 of these aircraft
- Ohio 8 of these aircraft
- Illinois 8 of these aircraft
- Florida 8 of these aircraft
- Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum 2 of these aircraft
- Alfred And Lois Kelch Aviation Museum INC 2 of these aircraft
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 1 of these aircraft
- Tre Aviation CORP 1 of these aircraft
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-a40-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 112
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N20886 | Piper J3C-65 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ari Ben Aviator INC Fort Pierce, Florida |
Standard | 1993-09-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19615 | Taylorcraft A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 1993-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N12627 | Piper E-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 1992-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N13146 | Piper E-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 1991-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N17247 | Piper J-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Antique Preservation Assn Greenfield Greenfield, Iowa |
Standard | 1990-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20096 | Piper J-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 1988-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N16DC | Colchin TAYLOR MONOPLANE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 1981-04-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20524 | Taylorcraft A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 1980-07-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N17872 | Piper J-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 1973-02-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20258 | Piper J-3 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 1972-04-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N17287 | Piper J-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 1946-04-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N16971 | Piper J-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes |
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.