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
N37924	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tri-State Warbird Museum Batavia, Ohio	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N88540	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N27569	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-09-19	Valid
N9278E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-09-19	Valid
N49841	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2017-09-18	Valid
N71549	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-18	Valid
N82421	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2017-09-14	Valid
N31895	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N31954	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N6352H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N71875	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N92285	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N277U	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-09-12	Valid
N2786E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-09-12	Valid
N29041	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ripley Holdings LTD Santa Monica, California	Standard	2017-09-12	Valid
N25755	Piper J3F-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-09-07	Valid
N2707K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2017-09-06	Valid
N6090H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2017-09-06	Valid
N70444	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2017-09-06	Valid
N32955	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-09-05	Valid
N4584H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Scootair LLC Alburgh, Vermont	Standard	2017-09-01	Valid
N23554	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New York	Standard	2017-08-31	Valid
N36153	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-08-31	Valid
N42423	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mcginley Corporation Port Orange, Florida	Standard	2017-08-31	Valid
N2022A	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-08-30	Valid
N39979	Taylorcraft BF	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	None on file	2017-08-30	Valid
N1067E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-08-29	Valid
N71845	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-08-29	Valid
N7259H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2017-08-29	Valid
N84605	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2017-08-29	Valid
N44336	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2017-08-28	Valid
N45595	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-08-28	Valid
N45675	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-08-28	Valid
N83757	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2017-08-28	Valid
N44103	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2017-08-24	Valid
N85142	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-08-24	Valid
N88032	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2017-08-24	Valid
N28606	Luscombe 8C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2017-08-23	Valid
N9246E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-08-22	Valid
N1178E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-08-21	Valid
N1597E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-08-21	Valid
N3235N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pumpkin Seed Aviation LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2017-08-21	Valid
N33537	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	L&W Aviation LLC Searcy, Arkansas	Standard	2017-08-21	Valid
N98106	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-08-21	Valid
N92393	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2017-08-18	Valid
N31992	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2017-08-16	Valid
N49110	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Chimera Air INC Maumee, Ohio	Standard	2017-08-16	Valid
N5985V	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lone Star Flight Museum Houston, Texas	Standard	2017-08-16	Valid
N98071	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Watts Brothers Farms LLC Duncan, Mississippi	Standard	2017-08-16	Valid
N45404	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-08-15	Valid
N45604	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-08-15	Valid
N87728	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-08-15	Valid
N47021	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mid Atlantic Air Museum Reading, Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-08-10	Valid
N22091	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2017-08-09	Valid
N45598	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2017-08-09	Valid
N82959	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Rhode Island	Standard	2017-08-08	Valid
N3425N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2017-08-07	Valid
N35547	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blue Echo INC Santa Cruz, California	Standard	2017-08-04	Valid
N109N	Piper J4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2017-07-31	Valid
N2788E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-07-31	Valid
N5609M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2017-07-31	Valid
N23029	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-07-28	Valid
N44361	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2017-07-26	Valid
N3595E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-07-24	Valid
N46538	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Johnson James C Marion, Kentucky	Standard	2017-07-24	Valid
N84965	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vermont Sport Aircraft LLC Perkinsville, Vermont	Standard	2017-07-21	Valid
N18252	Rose PARRAKEET A-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-07-20	Valid
N222DH	Hayden FLY-BABY 1-A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Experimental	2017-07-20	Valid
N39632	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-07-20	Valid
N44381	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2017-07-18	Valid
N6665H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-07-18	Valid
N9045R	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-07-14	Valid
N42581	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2017-07-13	Valid
N82925	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bfn Aviation LLC Noblesville, Indiana	Standard	2017-07-13	Valid
N1950E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-07-10	Valid
N6538H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2017-07-10	Valid
N922Z	Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Experimental	2017-07-10	Valid
N45815	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-07-07	Valid
N7831	Melau STITS SKYCOUPE SA7D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2017-07-07	Valid
N1293B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2017-06-29	Valid
N1494N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-06-29	Valid
N28443	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2017-06-29	Valid
N92301	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aerial Associates LTD Slinger, Wisconsin	Standard	2017-06-29	Valid
N1397E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2017-06-28	Valid
N42780	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2017-06-23	Valid
N84874	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-06-23	Valid
N3068E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2017-06-21	Valid
N3346	Jones 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Experimental	2017-06-21	Valid
N1160E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Srt Aero Pauls Valley, Oklahoma	Standard	2017-06-20	Valid
N44335	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-06-20	Valid
N47730	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2017-06-20	Valid
N70880	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rkc Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2017-06-19	Valid
N2647E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2017-06-16	Valid
N46124	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2017-06-16	Valid
N46515	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2017-06-16	Valid
N37143	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-06-15	Valid
N68921	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-06-15	Valid
N23935	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2017-06-08	Valid
N3032E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-06-08	Valid
N34236	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2017-06-06	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.