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
N66061	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2018-02-07	Valid
N82932	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2018-02-02	Valid
N21519	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2018-01-30	Valid
N4138	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2018-01-30	Valid
N580ZY	Aeronca 50-F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kettunen Aeronautical INC Geneva, Ohio	Standard	2018-01-29	Valid
N96914	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2018-01-29	Valid
N30429	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2018-01-25	Valid
N3679E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2018-01-25	Valid
N1337N	Storey Thomas SPEC # 2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Oregon Aviation Historical Society Cottage Grove, Oregon	Experimental	2018-01-24	Valid
N2215M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2018-01-23	Valid
N85976	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2018-01-16	Valid
N25825	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2018-01-12	Valid
N41532	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-01-11	Valid
N4681M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Scootair LLC Alburgh, Vermont	Standard	2018-01-11	Valid
N33921	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pinnacle Propster Holdings LLC Cheyenne, Wyoming	Standard	2018-01-10	Valid
N70680	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2018-01-10	Valid
N84800	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2018-01-10	Valid
N1591B	Luscombe T-8F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2018-01-09	Valid
N71901	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2018-01-05	Valid
N27857	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2018-01-04	Valid
N6400H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-01-02	Valid
N85362	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2018-01-02	Valid
N85753	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2018-01-02	Valid
N88560	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2018-01-02	Valid
N27356	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-12-29	Valid
N7152	Pietenpol AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Experimental	2017-12-26	Valid
N3450K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Restricted	2017-12-22	Valid
N81428	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Morris Dennie R North Fort Myers, Florida	Standard	2017-12-21	Valid
N24362	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2017-12-20	Valid
N6745H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kentucky	Standard	2017-12-20	Valid
N96484	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2017-12-20	Valid
N2083B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2017-12-19	Valid
N2666K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-12-19	Valid
N2942E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-12-19	Valid
N84806	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	None on file	2017-12-19	Valid
N63CH	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kennedy Aviation INC Belle Glade, Florida	Standard	2017-12-18	Valid
N33552	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Inland Crop Duster INC Shafter, California	Standard	2017-12-15	Valid
N54176	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2017-12-15	Valid
N38615	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia	Standard	2017-12-14	Valid
N84895	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-12-14	Valid
N2459E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-12-13	Valid
N3342E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Spears Patricia C Longmont, Colorado	Standard	2017-12-12	Valid
N2090K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2017-12-11	Valid
N3330N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2017-12-08	Valid
N409JS	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jones Clayton S Nacogdoches, Texas	Standard	2017-12-08	Valid
N71499	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-12-08	Valid
N83327	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Olear INC Evansville, Indiana	Standard	2017-12-08	Valid
N29856	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2017-12-07	Valid
N46149	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-12-07	Valid
N95PL	Rodowski PL-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Experimental	2017-12-07	Valid
N96548	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2017-12-07	Valid
N42535	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Shannon Air Museum LLC Fredericksburg, Virginia	Standard	2017-12-06	Valid
N86037	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2017-12-05	Valid
N95814	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Arlins Aircraft Service INC Belgrade, Montana	Standard	2017-12-05	Valid
N6345X	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-12-04	Valid
N83518	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-12-01	Valid
N84296	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-11-30	Valid
N39242	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2017-11-29	Valid
N88000	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air N88000 INC Waterford, Michigan	Standard	2017-11-29	Valid
N1540B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2017-11-27	Valid
N83981	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	H J Champion LLC New Windsor, New York	Standard	2017-11-27	Valid
N98734	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2017-11-27	Valid
N50784	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-11-21	Valid
N84083	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2017-11-21	Valid
N24621	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-11-17	Valid
N45841	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-11-17	Valid
N86152	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-11-17	Valid
N84504	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2017-11-16	Valid
N25844	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2017-11-15	Valid
N22881	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-11-13	Valid
N45666	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2017-11-13	Valid
N70580	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lock Haven 3 LLC Chandler, Arizona	Standard	2017-11-13	Valid
N98532	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2017-11-13	Valid
N42650	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2017-11-09	Valid
N2226E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-11-08	Valid
N1612H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2017-11-06	Valid
N46608	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-11-06	Valid
N84939	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2017-11-02	Valid
N7326H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N7399H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N88031	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N88226	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Neal Theodore Healdsburg, California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N31188	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2017-10-31	Valid
N83219	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-10-31	Valid
N44023	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-10-30	Valid
N85676	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-10-30	Valid
N5621M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-10-25	Valid
N1313K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2017-10-19	Valid
N38375	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-16	Valid
N77527	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Davis Cletus D Appleton City, Missouri	Standard	2017-10-16	Valid
N43323	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-10-12	Valid
N6644H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-10-12	Valid
N319RR	Rice-Ritter WOODY'S PUSHER WAS-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Louisiana	Experimental	2017-10-11	Valid
N85740	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Urban Aviation Services INC Paxton, Massachusetts	Standard	2017-10-04	Valid
N31493	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N34584	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Simply Living LLC Fort Myers, Florida	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N43777	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N21232	Taylorcraft BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2017-09-22	Valid
N2562E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N1303E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Vermont	Standard	2017-09-20	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.