Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 2026

Continental A65 / C65 series

7,965 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental A65 / C65 series engine, rated at about 65 horsepower. The Piper J-3 Cub is the model most often fitted with it (2,165 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1938 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 A65 / C65 series. FAA spelling: A&C65 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Piper J-3 Cub	2,165
Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ)	1,534
Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D	1,050
Luscombe 8 Silvaire	793
Aeronca 11 Chief	518
Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief	255
Taylorcraft DCO-65	163
Aeronca 0	117
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ	116
Piper PA-11 Cub Special	95
Piper J4 Cub Coupe	94
Taylorcraft BC-65	87

Piper J-3 Cub · Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D · Luscombe 8 Silvaire · Aeronca 11 Chief · Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief · Taylorcraft DCO-65 · Aeronca 0 · Champion 7 Citabria and Champ · Piper PA-11 Cub Special

Where they are owner's state

Texas678California513Florida450Ohio416Wisconsin331Michigan283New York278Pennsylvania273Minnesota262Washington258

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Texas	678
California	513
Florida	450
Ohio	416
Wisconsin	331
Michigan	283
New York	278
Pennsylvania	273
Minnesota	262
Washington	258

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles7,963 (100%)Turboprops1 (0.0%)Helicopters1 (0.0%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	7,963	100%
Turboprops	1	0.0%
Helicopters	1	0.0%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1930	290
1940	5,897
1950	104
1960	60
1970	88
1980	51
1990	54
2000	33
2010	1
2020	3

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

Fitted to

Piper J-3 Cub 2,165 with this engine series
Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) 1,534 with this engine series
Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 1,050 with this engine series
Luscombe 8 Silvaire 793 with this engine series
Aeronca 11 Chief 518 with this engine series
Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief 255 with this engine series
Taylorcraft DCO-65 163 with this engine series
Aeronca 0 117 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 678 of these aircraft
California 513 of these aircraft
Florida 450 of these aircraft
Ohio 416 of these aircraft
Wisconsin 331 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 9 of these aircraft
Stewarts Aircraft Service INC 8 of these aircraft
Daphna INC 7 of these aircraft
Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 5 of these aircraft
Pa-18 LLC 5 of these aircraft

Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-a65-c65-series.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7,965

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N92343	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2024-09-17	Valid
N82780	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-09-16	Valid
N83323	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-09-16	Valid
N8721	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-09-16	Valid
N9178D	Piper/Kreller Alvin J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-09-16	Valid
N88556	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Cowboy LLC Roca, Nebraska	Standard	2024-09-14	Valid
N98165	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2024-09-13	Valid
N2885E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	N2885E LLC Sylvania, Ohio	Standard	2024-09-10	Valid
N1135E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Four M Aviation LLC Clinton, Connecticut	Standard	2024-09-09	Valid
N45725	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-09-09	Valid
N72032	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Missions INC Sylacauga, Alabama	Standard	2024-09-09	Valid
N5437N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-09-07	Valid
N81422	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-09-07	Valid
N83507	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-09-07	Valid
N22013	Luscombe 8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-09-06	Valid
N30589	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-09-05	Valid
N40631	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2024-09-04	Valid
N7348H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dempster Robert I Centralia, Washington	Standard	2024-09-04	Valid
N4574H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Oak Bluff Farm LLC Dalton, Georgia	Standard	2024-09-03	Valid
N28465	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2024-08-31	Valid
N9453E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2024-08-31	Valid
N1229E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Original Design Ministries Eatonville, Washington	Standard	2024-08-30	Valid
N3409E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-08-30	Valid
N3806E	Aeronca S11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-08-30	Valid
N92145	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cub Aviation LLC Clinton, Missouri	Standard	2024-08-30	Valid
N35870	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cub Time LLC Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin	Standard	2024-08-29	Valid
N6040H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bright Gary M Greenwood, Mississippi	Standard	2024-08-29	Valid
N1015K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-08-28	Valid
N42012	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-08-28	Valid
N81613	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-08-27	Valid
N85400	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Champ85400 LLC West Jordan, Utah	Standard	2024-08-27	Valid
N95182	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-08-27	Valid
N5739N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-08-24	Valid
N92455	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cristal Air INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2024-08-23	Valid
N98609	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Experimental	2024-08-23	Valid
N27384	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N28DR	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N30864	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Restricted	2024-08-22	Valid
N38347	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Continental Title Trust LLC Wichita, Kansas	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N43729	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N7450H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N77881	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N9716E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-08-22	Valid
N25333	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying Ace LLC Lakeville, Minnesota	Standard	2024-08-21	Valid
N3573E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-08-21	Valid
N47181	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-08-21	Valid
N50845	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2024-08-21	Valid
N86378	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2024-08-21	Valid
N9264	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-08-21	Valid
N83012	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-08-20	Valid
N78407	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-08-19	Valid
N95195	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-08-19	Valid
N96352	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-08-19	Valid
N30931	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southern Stearman LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2024-08-18	Valid
N9736E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-08-18	Valid
N9814H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-08-18	Valid
N1104E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Coker Garret Blue Springs, Mississippi	Standard	2024-08-17	Valid
N36483	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-08-17	Valid
N56JH	Hartman John WOODY PUSHER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Delaware	Experimental	2024-08-17	Valid
N9030D	Phillips Virgil PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2024-08-17	Valid
N42087	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	M.L. Dodson Company Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2024-08-15	Valid
N5003H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gospel Mission Aviation INC Ooltewah, Tennessee	Standard	2024-08-15	Valid
N12939	Sampson PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Experimental	2024-08-14	Valid
N96015	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-08-14	Valid
N22726	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-08-13	Valid
N45740	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-08-13	Valid
N7300H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Calloway Cub LLC Winchester, Kentucky	Standard	2024-08-13	Valid
N87965	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-08-13	Valid
N92060	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Vermont	Standard	2024-08-13	Valid
N95806	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-08-08	Valid
N310RJ	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-08-06	Valid
N36573	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2024-08-06	Valid
N70428	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2024-08-06	Valid
N36492	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2024-08-05	Valid
N95742	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2024-08-05	Valid
N83686	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2024-08-02	Valid
N4814H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pfc Aviation Repair INC Wallingford, Connecticut	Standard	2024-07-31	Valid
N5MB	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-07-30	Valid
N95519	Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-07-30	Valid
N9382E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-07-29	Valid
N4309F	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2024-07-27	Valid
N49368	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2024-07-27	Valid
N81520	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-07-27	Valid
N43785	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2024-07-26	Valid
N83936	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2024-07-26	Valid
N48346	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-07-25	Valid
N70106	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-07-24	Valid
N1846E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blue Northern Sky Flute LLC Hinckley, Illinois	Standard	2024-07-23	Valid
N3204E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-07-23	Valid
N3427E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-07-23	Valid
N2552E	Aeronca S7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-07-22	Valid
N96124	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-07-22	Valid
N1556K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-07-20	Valid
N31713	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-07-20	Valid
N34042	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2024-07-20	Valid
N74EB	Bond Elwood M SE-5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2024-07-20	Valid
N96796	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Harris Aviation LLC Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	2024-07-20	Valid
N98540	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-07-20	Valid
N2559K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-07-19	Valid
N30932	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-07-19	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.