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
N1202E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2020-01-06	Valid
N4801H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2020-01-06	Valid
N71127	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-01-06	Valid
N3798E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-01-03	Valid
N42999	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tweety Bird LLC Ball, Louisiana	Standard	2020-01-03	Valid
N5255V	Paetzold Larry MODIFIED PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Experimental	2020-01-03	Valid
N84921	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wieman Dianne L Marion, Texas	Standard	2020-01-03	Valid
N2518E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2020-01-02	Valid
N44029	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Waller County Aviation Museum Waller, Texas	Standard	2020-01-02	Valid
N19JL	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2019-12-30	Valid
N44124	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2019-12-26	Valid
N84911	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2019-12-26	Valid
N86392	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Chief203 LLC Madison, Wisconsin	Standard	2019-12-23	Valid
N26338	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2019-12-20	Valid
N83984	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2019-12-18	Valid
N28174	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2019-12-17	Valid
N84389	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2019-12-17	Valid
N1278E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2019-12-16	Valid
N1327	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2019-12-16	Valid
N2120E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2019-12-16	Valid
N4839M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2019-12-16	Valid
N46071	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2019-12-12	Valid
N84268	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2019-12-12	Valid
N4586H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2019-12-10	Valid
N77803	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2019-12-10	Valid
N6849	Canning BOWERS FLY BABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2019-12-06	Valid
N70525	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-12-06	Valid
N85505	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2019-12-04	Valid
N4604M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2019-12-03	Valid
N9410E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2019-12-03	Valid
N19191	Kaiser F5	Fixed-wing, single engine	Radial Engines LTD Guthrie, Oklahoma	Standard	2019-12-02	Valid
N2287E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2019-12-02	Valid
N3255E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2019-11-27	Valid
N3714E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2019-11-22	Valid
N125C	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2019-11-21	Valid
N49137	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2019-11-21	Valid
N6487H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2019-11-21	Valid
N82704	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2019-11-21	Valid
N3064E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2019-11-19	Valid
N29803	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2019-11-16	Valid
N44408	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2019-11-15	Valid
N83216	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Vermont	Standard	2019-11-15	Valid
N14632	Aeronca C-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2019-11-14	Valid
N5230M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2019-11-14	Valid
N2384E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2019-11-13	Valid
N66323	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2019-11-13	Valid
N95076	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2019-11-13	Valid
N4561M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Humbler LLC Northampton, Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-11-12	Valid
N83806	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-11-12	Valid
N91946	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-11-08	Valid
N3232E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2019-11-07	Valid
N2118K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2019-11-06	Valid
N22169	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-11-06	Valid
N27836	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2019-11-06	Valid
N313EF	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2019-11-06	Valid
N4606M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-11-06	Valid
N82137	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-11-05	Valid
N31329	Aeronca/Browne 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2019-11-04	Valid
N96554	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2019-10-31	Valid
N96841	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2019-10-31	Valid
N42180	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2019-10-30	Valid
N43562	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2019-10-30	Valid
N2016B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2019-10-28	Valid
N2104E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pioneer Flight Museum Kingsbury, Texas	Standard	2019-10-24	Valid
N5938V	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2019-10-24	Valid
N71816	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2019-10-24	Valid
N88073	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Triple Tree Aerodrome INC Woodruff, South Carolina	Standard	2019-10-24	Valid
N22098	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2019-10-22	Valid
N33237	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N4264E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Collum Aviation LLC Milton, Florida	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N77563	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N79247	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N82072	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N84830	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kingdom Air Corps Sutton, Alaska	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N96469	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lb Aero Services INC Poplar Grove, Illinois	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N98886	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2019-10-18	Valid
N84565	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2019-10-16	Valid
N30772	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-10-11	Valid
N1179K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-10-10	Valid
N25100	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2019-10-10	Valid
N98252	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2019-10-09	Valid
N98640	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Harris Joel e Saratoga, California	Standard	2019-10-09	Valid
N96582	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Missions Unlimited of Oregon INC DBA Harrah, Oklahoma	Standard	2019-10-08	Valid
N25103	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2019-10-07	Valid
N47469	Taylorcraft L-2M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2019-10-02	Valid
N85079	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2019-10-02	Valid
N87695	Corben Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2019-10-02	Valid
N30714	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2019-10-01	Valid
N3469K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2019-10-01	Valid
N41567	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cactus Skybolt Aviation LLC Athens, Alabama	Standard	2019-10-01	Valid
N92692	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2019-10-01	Valid
N45664	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2019-09-30	Valid
N516BC	Cummins Chris W PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Experimental	2019-09-30	Valid
N81948	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2019-09-30	Valid
N85774	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2019-09-27	Valid
N1752E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2019-09-26	Valid
N23825	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2019-09-26	Valid
N42370	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2019-09-26	Valid
N95317	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2019-09-25	Valid
N1585E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2019-09-24	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.