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
N6016H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2021-11-16	Valid
N88396	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Calgonaire LLC Seminole, Texas	Standard	2021-11-16	Valid
N95016	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2021-11-16	Valid
N84550	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2021-11-13	Valid
N1071E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2021-11-10	Valid
N23093	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-11-10	Valid
N2488E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2021-11-10	Valid
N26526	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2021-11-09	Valid
N34PH	Ensley-Pietenpol AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2021-11-09	Valid
N70612	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2021-11-09	Valid
N88538	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cascade Aero Group LLC Lake Stevens, Washington	Standard	2021-11-09	Valid
N1208G	Petry Thomas B TBW-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2021-11-06	Valid
N85790	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-11-06	Valid
N26109	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2021-11-04	Valid
N42902	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2021-11-04	Valid
N7174H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2021-11-03	Valid
N36577	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2021-11-02	Valid
N37294	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2021-11-02	Valid
N84318	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-11-01	Valid
N1551E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2021-10-30	Valid
N9305E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2021-10-30	Valid
N1935	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2021-10-28	Valid
N1946E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2021-10-27	Valid
N3447K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2021-10-27	Valid
N4094	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N44168	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N49087	Aeronca 0-58A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N851	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N96153	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N11916	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pleasure Air LLC Lake Havasu City, Arizona	Standard	2021-10-25	Valid
N24937	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2021-10-25	Valid
N36996	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2021-10-25	Valid
N2819E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2021-10-23	Valid
N35484	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2021-10-23	Valid
N38078	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2021-10-23	Valid
N1436E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2021-10-21	Valid
N98568	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-10-19	Valid
N35233	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-10-18	Valid
N47371	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-10-18	Valid
N1127E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2021-10-16	Valid
N40950	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Riggin Flight Service INC Madison, South Dakota	Standard	2021-10-16	Valid
N82270	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-10-16	Valid
N44208	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-10-15	Valid
N38126	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2021-10-14	Valid
N9095C	Piper L-4B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2021-10-14	Valid
N7154H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Fly Greater Breezewood LLC Clearville, Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-10-13	Valid
N71661	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2021-10-13	Valid
N84608	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-10-13	Valid
N31791	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2021-10-08	Valid
N21397	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N45722	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N82703	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N87937	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N23921	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2021-10-05	Valid
N3336N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Massachusetts	Standard	2021-10-05	Valid
N71015	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	N71015 LLC Jupiter, Florida	Standard	2021-10-05	Valid
N4605H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-10-04	Valid
N626K	Francesconi Leo FLYBABY 1A-S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Experimental	2021-10-04	Valid
N2865D	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2021-10-01	Valid
N86272	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Turf Birds LLC Zelienople, Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-10-01	Valid
N246DS	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Abbett Farms LLC La Crosse, Indiana	Standard	2021-09-30	Valid
N96310	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2021-09-30	Valid
N2018E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Indy Taildraggers LLC Noblesville, Indiana	Standard	2021-09-29	Valid
N9040Z	Roe John R PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2021-09-29	Valid
N43033	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-09-24	Valid
N1946S	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lento LLC Deer Park, Washington	Standard	2021-09-23	Valid
N5028M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alaska Aviation Museum Anchorage, Alaska	Standard	2021-09-23	Valid
N84997	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2021-09-23	Valid
N2702E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2021-09-21	Valid
N1590K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Antique Aircraft and Automobile LLC Van Alstyne, Texas	Standard	2021-09-20	Valid
N27147	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2021-09-20	Valid
N83318	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Multiple	2021-09-20	Valid
N4118V	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2021-09-16	Valid
N88358	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2021-09-16	Valid
N43887	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Criticalarc INC Lakewood, Colorado	Standard	2021-09-15	Reports overdue
N6156H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Carolina	Standard	2021-09-15	Valid
N85163	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2021-09-13	Valid
N50698	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2021-09-10	Valid
N98028	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2021-09-10	Valid
N85688	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2021-09-07	Valid
N1561K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2021-09-02	Valid
N30833	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2021-09-02	Valid
N49136	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2021-09-02	Valid
N42340	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-09-01	Valid
N43543	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Matthews Aviation LLC Hardinsburg, Kentucky	Standard	2021-09-01	Valid
N6580H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2021-09-01	Valid
N2984K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2021-08-27	Valid
N144RA	Apgar Richard P TM-5	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2021-08-25	Valid
N48350	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-08-25	Valid
N1546N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-08-24	Valid
N5110M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2021-08-24	Valid
N84254	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-08-24	Valid
N85387	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2021-08-24	Valid
N84583	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-08-23	Valid
N22023	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-08-21	Valid
N44050	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Montcalm Aviation LLC Coral, Michigan	Standard	2021-08-21	Valid
N85905	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-08-21	Valid
N26633	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2021-08-20	Valid
N45816	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-08-20	Valid
N43410	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2021-08-19	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.