Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 7, 2026

Continental A65 / C65 series

7,964 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	254
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

Texas678California512Florida450Ohio416Wisconsin331Michigan283New York278Pennsylvania273Minnesota262Washington258

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Texas	678
California	512
Florida	450
Ohio	416
Wisconsin	331
Michigan	283
New York	278
Pennsylvania	273
Minnesota	262
Washington	258

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles7,962 (100%)Turboprops1 (0.0%)Helicopters1 (0.0%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	7,962	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 254 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 512 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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-a65-c65-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7,964

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N47481	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2026-04-18	Valid
N86045	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2026-04-18	Valid
N4833M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-04-17	Valid
N49179	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2026-04-16	Valid
N86691	Oliver BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2026-04-11	Valid
N88597	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cullen Aviation LLC Lafayette, Louisiana	Standard	2026-04-09	Valid
N3485K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2026-04-08	Valid
N96439	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sec Aviation Holdings LLC Gainesville, Georgia	Standard	2026-04-08	Valid
N2234K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2026-04-07	Valid
N2722E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2026-04-06	Valid
N49118	Taylorcraft L-2M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2026-04-06	Valid
N70422	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lightning 35 Aviation LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2026-04-06	Valid
N70588	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2026-04-06	Valid
N32768	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying Zambian LLC Clermont, Florida	Standard	2026-04-05	Valid
N70483	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2026-04-04	Valid
N88354	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alfred & Lois Aviation Museum INC Brodhead, Wisconsin	Standard	2026-04-04	Valid
N95070	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2026-04-04	Valid
N6LF	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2026-04-02	Valid
N351T	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2026-03-31	Valid
N95304	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2026-03-31	Valid
N3516N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2026-03-30	Valid
N7363H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2026-03-29	Valid
N9493E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2026-03-29	Valid
N2085K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2026-03-28	Valid
N32503	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-03-28	Valid
N50569	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2026-03-28	Valid
N81986	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2026-03-28	Valid
N29416	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2026-03-26	Valid
N35634	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-03-26	Valid
N2242M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2026-03-25	Valid
N57729	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2026-03-25	Valid
N71012	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2026-03-25	Valid
N23472	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-03-21	Valid
N2656E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2026-03-21	Valid
N9820E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-03-21	Valid
N2950E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2026-03-19	Valid
N43502	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2026-03-19	Valid
N28JH	Jenkins High School JR. ACE "E"	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Experimental	2026-03-18	Valid
N22317	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2026-03-14	Valid
N43831	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2026-03-14	Valid
N468AL	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2026-03-14	Valid
N6277H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jersey Tailwheels LLC Bridgeton, New Jersey	Standard	2026-03-14	Valid
N42761	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Glass Aviation INC Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania	Standard	2026-03-13	Valid
N84018	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-03-13	Valid
N9572E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-03-13	Valid
N2027B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-03-12	Valid
N43236	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2026-03-12	Valid
N49059	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-03-11	Valid
N36539	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2026-03-10	Valid
N4666H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2026-03-09	Valid
N1023E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-03-06	Valid
N3657E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-03-06	Valid
N91032	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New York	Standard	2026-03-06	Valid
N96290	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2026-03-05	Valid
N82579	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-03-03	Valid
N128ME	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2026-03-02	Valid
N24556	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2026-03-02	Valid
N91948	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hart Aviation LLC Emory, Texas	Standard	2026-03-02	Valid
N1850B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2026-03-01	Valid
N84360	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2026-03-01	Valid
N42596	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Horst Commercial Ventures LLC Sanger, Texas	Standard	2026-02-28	Valid
N4731M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-02-28	Valid
N9769E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2026-02-28	Valid
N25366	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming	Standard	2026-02-27	Valid
N4631H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2026-02-27	Valid
N9171E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2026-02-27	Valid
N45903	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2026-02-26	Valid
N528NS	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2026-02-25	Valid
N62710	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-02-25	Valid
N64482	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2026-02-25	Valid
N88648	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2026-02-25	Valid
N92624	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2026-02-25	Valid
N34067	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2026-02-22	Valid
N9199E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Aviation Heritage Foundation INC Blaine, Minnesota	Standard	2026-02-22	Valid
N5046M	Taylorcraft Aviation Corp 19	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2026-02-20	Valid
N37931	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming	Standard	2026-02-19	Valid
N5056M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-02-19	Valid
N4160E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wanda Collins Professional Pilot Services LLC Madisonville, Texas	Standard	2026-02-16	Valid
N45924	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Grateful Endeavors LLC Sandpoint, Idaho	Standard	2026-02-16	Valid
N96091	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2026-02-16	Valid
N96440	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2026-02-16	Valid
N23927	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2026-02-15	Valid
N70815	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-02-15	Valid
N7454H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2026-02-15	Valid
N42703	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mob Aviation USA LLC Kissimmee, Florida	Standard	2026-02-14	Valid
N9342E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2026-02-14	Valid
N357G	Gray John D BOWERS FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2026-02-12	Valid
N83041	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2026-02-12	Valid
N3181E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2026-02-11	Valid
N1579E	Aeronca 7BCM/CONV	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2026-02-07	Valid
N85188	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2026-02-06	Valid
N83228	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-02-05	Valid
N20692	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cleared Direct INC Woodlake, California	Standard	2026-02-04	Valid
N1134E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2026-02-03	Valid
N44219	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2026-01-30	Valid
N86189	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-01-29	Valid
N35782	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-01-28	Valid
N95003	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-01-26	Valid
N1537E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hammerdog LLC Lafayette, Colorado	Standard	2026-01-25	Valid
N81595	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-01-24	Valid

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.