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
N1145H	Stewart Headwind HOMEBREWERS SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2023-02-15	Valid
N1502N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-02-15	Valid
N87840	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-02-15	Valid
N88246	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2023-02-15	Valid
N9204E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2023-02-15	Valid
N40964	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-02-14	Valid
N4817H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2023-02-14	Valid
N50333	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2023-02-14	Valid
N7226H	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-14	Valid
N84215	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2023-02-14	Valid
N3312E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-13	Valid
N3481	Reynolds BOWERS FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2023-02-13	Valid
N82868	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-02-13	Valid
N83918	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-02-13	Valid
N71425	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2023-02-11	Valid
N23100	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2023-02-10	Valid
N86171	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-02-10	Valid
N22908	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-02-09	Valid
N49040	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2023-02-09	Valid
N966	Stewart BOWERS FLYBABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2023-02-09	Valid
N981JB	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-02-09	Valid
N1282A	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-02-08	Valid
N26846	Piper J3F-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-02-08	Valid
N84764	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-02-08	Valid
N43SY	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-07	Valid
N6003H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-07	Valid
N6315H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2023-02-07	Valid
N9060K	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-02-07	Valid
N94911	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2023-02-07	Valid
N41958	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-02-06	Valid
N83502	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-02-06	Valid
N84295	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-02-06	Valid
N39990	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2023-02-04	Valid
N84096	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Walls Sales LLC Poplar Bluff, Missouri	Standard	2023-02-03	Valid
N95772	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-02-03	Valid
N1387K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N33559	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N37442	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jj Aero LLC Valley Center, Kansas	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N42172	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N81505	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N87732	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N92478	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N98531	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Flight Museum Topeka, Kansas	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N36980	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2023-02-01	Valid
N81966	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2023-02-01	Valid
N1971M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-31	Valid
N43245	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Hawaii	Standard	2023-01-30	Valid
N85381	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2023-01-30	Valid
N2955K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-01-29	Valid
N82147	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2023-01-29	Valid
N29744	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N42512	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N42829	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Harders Todd M Cairo, Nebraska	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N70863	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cranberry Aviation LLC Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N7245H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N9245H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nighthawk Air Systems INC Miami, Florida	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N95162	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N98368	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Leasing LLC Princeton, Minnesota	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N1524E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-01-26	Valid
N2922	Jackson Charles E PETE AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Experimental	2023-01-26	Valid
N9557E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-26	Valid
N1715E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-01-25	Valid
N24494	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-01-25	Valid
N85454	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-01-25	Valid
N85788	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-01-25	Valid
N1698E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2023-01-23	Valid
N6724H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2023-01-23	Valid
N71937	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-01-23	Valid
N29843	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2023-01-21	Valid
N78406	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Great Plains Aircraft Holding LLC Gold Canyon, Arizona	Standard	2023-01-21	Valid
N9510E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Snoopy Air LLC Kalispell, Montana	Standard	2023-01-21	Valid
N82272	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-01-20	Valid
N1282E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-01-19	Valid
N44231	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2023-01-19	Valid
N6731H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-01-19	Valid
N70480	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-01-18	Valid
N71814	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2023-01-18	Valid
N92666	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-01-18	Valid
N9501E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-01-18	Valid
N9544E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-18	Valid
N175JB	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2023-01-17	Valid
N25081	White JR.ACE MODEL-E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Yesteryear Aircraft LLC Hernando, Mississippi	Experimental	2023-01-16	Valid
N389T	Perreault Roger T CORBEN ACE D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2023-01-16	Valid
N83366	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Texas Warbirds LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2023-01-16	Valid
N70596	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2023-01-13	Valid
N83114	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2023-01-13	Valid
N9172E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2023-01-13	Valid
N39596	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-01-12	Valid
N84556	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2023-01-12	Valid
N9367E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bracken Phillip C Frostproof, Florida	Standard	2023-01-12	Valid
N87759	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-01-11	Valid
N88210	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2023-01-11	Valid
N27019	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2023-01-10	Valid
N71642	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-01-07	Valid
N7365H	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Excelsior Aviation 2 LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2023-01-07	Valid
N2820E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-06	Valid
N39962	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2023-01-06	Valid
N96139	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Freeair Flight LLC Parrish, Florida	Standard	2023-01-06	Valid
N12DF	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-01-05	Valid
N28880	Luscombe 8B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-01-05	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.