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
N83141	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vx Aircraft Services LLC Batesville, Arkansas	Standard	2024-03-05	Valid
N9211E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vx Aircraft Services LLC Batesville, Arkansas	Standard	2024-03-05	Valid
N9245F	Stadel Norman M FAKKER D-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stadel Aircraft INC Yuba City, California	Experimental	2024-03-05	Valid
N77937	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2024-03-04	Valid
N2090M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-03-03	Valid
N70584	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-03-03	Valid
N40975	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-02-29	Valid
N70373	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2024-02-29	Valid
N81457	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Providence Aerospace LLC Choctaw, Oklahoma	Standard	2024-02-29	Valid
N1895E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-02-28	Valid
N2295E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2024-02-28	Valid
N1463N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2024-02-26	Valid
N43781	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Non-citizen co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2024-02-23	Reports overdue
N83465	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-02-22	Valid
N9244E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-02-22	Valid
N1802E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Multiple	2024-02-20	Valid
N33596	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N43402	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N44425	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N71093	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N95332	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N39266	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-02-18	Valid
N29714	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-02-16	Valid
N42628	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2024-02-16	Valid
N1137K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-02-15	Valid
N38622	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-02-14	Valid
N42909	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-02-14	Valid
N92167	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2024-02-14	Valid
N4070	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Experimental	2024-02-13	Valid
N81979	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2024-02-13	Valid
N7104H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Spinnin Blades Services LLC Newton, North Carolina	Standard	2024-02-12	Valid
N71288	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-02-12	Valid
N71712	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-02-12	Valid
N9135E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-02-10	Valid
N95792	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-02-09	Valid
N28734	Luscombe 8C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-02-08	Valid
N364JP	Fly Baby 1-A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Experimental	2024-02-08	Valid
N92044	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-02-08	Valid
N1129V	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Carolina Flying Machines LLC Davidson, North Carolina	Standard	2024-02-07	Valid
N43932	Universal TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-02-07	Valid
N84003	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-02-07	Valid
N161DW	Wolstenholme Dennis PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2024-02-01	Valid
N1528B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Shelby Aero Club LLC Shelbyville, Indiana	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N39104	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N4073	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N4619H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N84230	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Yuri Flyers LLC Kalamazoo, Michigan	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N70931	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nc70931 LLC Vero Beach, Florida	Standard	2024-01-29	Valid
N95932	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-01-28	Valid
N3023E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-01-26	Valid
N39972	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2024-01-26	Valid
N6414H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Moyers Michael S Shallowater, Texas	Standard	2024-01-26	Valid
N71301	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2024-01-26	Valid
N88006	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Safeflite Aviation LLC Glenwood, Iowa	Standard	2024-01-26	Valid
N81989	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2024-01-25	Valid
N24699	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2024-01-24	Valid
N4882H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Mississippi	Standard	2024-01-23	Valid
N69DW	Owen Dean W Jr BABY ACE D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sky King Aeronautics INC Lewes, Delaware	Experimental	2024-01-23	Valid
N84203	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-01-23	Valid
N23892	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tally Ho 609 LLC Avon Lake, Ohio	Standard	2024-01-22	Valid
N33588	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-01-22	Valid
N43279	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2024-01-22	Valid
N83677	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-01-22	Valid
N31866	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-01-21	Valid
N3199E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2024-01-21	Valid
N20HP	Proescher CORBEN ACE HP-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2024-01-20	Valid
N82426	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-01-20	Valid
N85099	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2024-01-20	Valid
N95553	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-01-20	Valid
N38090	Piper J4E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2024-01-19	Valid
N81624	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-01-19	Valid
N85286	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Houndy Aviation LLC Suffolk, Virginia	Standard	2024-01-19	Valid
N98284	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-01-19	Valid
N39141	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2024-01-17	Valid
N6114H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Andover Flight School INC Andover, New Jersey	Standard	2024-01-15	Valid
N81513	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-01-15	Valid
N82070	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-01-15	Valid
N1463K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-01-14	Valid
N28450	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2024-01-14	Valid
N9773E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-01-14	Valid
N3223E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eaa Chaptger 965 INC Aitkin, Minnesota	Standard	2024-01-12	Valid
N2207K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-01-09	Valid
N71364	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-01-09	Valid
N95250	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC Palmer, Alaska	Standard	2024-01-09	Valid
N43107	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-01-08	Valid
N84564	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-01-08	Valid
N81656	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-01-07	Valid
N1136B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-01-06	Valid
N2480E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-01-04	Valid
N83687	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Scafe Travis W Tuttle, Oklahoma	Standard	2024-01-04	Valid
N1408E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Leaseair LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2024-01-03	Valid
N44338	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-01-03	Valid
N70997	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aberdeen Pilots LLC Boerne, Texas	Standard	2024-01-03	Valid
N98164	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-01-03	Valid
N28188	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2024-01-02	Valid
N31436	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2023-12-31	Valid
N4205E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2023-12-31	Valid
N70492	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Papa Leasing LLC Helena, Montana	Standard	2023-12-31	Valid
N85480	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-12-31	Valid
N42869	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stick N Rudder LLC Cave Creek, Arizona	Standard	2023-12-30	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.