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
N87769	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dodge INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2016-06-08	Valid
N9218A	Pinegar CORBIN BABY ACE D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2016-06-08	Valid
N98313	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2016-06-08	Valid
N24681	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Horst Aviation LLC New Holland, Pennsylvania	Standard	2016-06-06	Valid
N3637N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-06-03	Valid
N86019	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airspeed INC Winter Park, Florida	Standard	2016-06-02	Valid
N72031	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2016-05-25	Valid
N1617E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2016-05-18	Valid
N82609	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-05-13	Valid
N2714E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2016-05-12	Valid
N41256	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2016-05-12	Valid
N26169	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2016-05-11	Valid
N95272	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2016-05-11	Valid
N321LD	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2016-05-10	Valid
N49153	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2016-05-10	Valid
N1146E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mj Consulting INC Parsons, Kansas	Standard	2016-04-29	Valid
N36551	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-04-22	Valid
N82080	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2016-04-22	Valid
N39275	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-04-20	Valid
N85880	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2016-04-19	Valid
N81542	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cottonwood Flying Club Rockford, Illinois	Standard	2016-04-18	Valid
N6233H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Winged Nuts LLC Cedar Hill, Texas	Standard	2016-04-14	Valid
N32733	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2016-04-13	Valid
N907R	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2016-04-11	Valid
N9411E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sky West Aviation INC Trustee Albuquerque, New Mexico	Standard	2016-04-06	Valid
N21364	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2016-04-04	Valid
N9147E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2016-04-04	Valid
N9449E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2016-03-31	Valid
N22616	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lakeland Aero Club INC Lakeland, Florida	Standard	2016-03-24	Valid
N6776H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2016-03-24	Valid
N81747	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2016-03-24	Valid
N365MP	Smith Miniplane JD SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Experimental	2016-03-21	Valid
N96818	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2016-03-21	Valid
N36562	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2016-03-19	Valid
N70459	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2016-03-19	Valid
N9700E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Louisiana	Standard	2016-03-19	Valid
N28960	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2016-03-17	Valid
N29043	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vintage Aircraft LLC Leesville, South Carolina	Standard	2016-03-16	Valid
N6868H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2016-03-16	Valid
N92627	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bfr Racing INC Monticello, Arkansas	Standard	2016-03-11	Valid
N2842K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2016-03-10	Valid
N21304	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-03-09	Valid
N6501H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2016-03-07	Valid
N81983	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-03-07	Valid
N3442N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2016-03-03	Valid
N78521	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2016-03-03	Valid
N43622	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-02-29	Valid
N44258	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N95082	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N95739	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N96517	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2016-02-24	Valid
N1082E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-22	Valid
N82506	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2016-02-18	Valid
N95942	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2016-02-18	Valid
N45805	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-17	Valid
N29198	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gull Industries LLC Oneco, Connecticut	Standard	2016-02-11	Valid
N4179	Mooney M-18C 55	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pdk Ventures INC Dacula, Georgia	Standard	2016-02-11	Valid
N33775	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2016-02-04	Valid
N25119	Luscombe 8B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2016-02-02	Valid
N85981	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-02	Valid
N5147	Boredom Fighter W11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Experimental	2016-01-29	Valid
N7240H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2016-01-26	Valid
N95930	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2016-01-22	Valid
N24796	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2016-01-21	Valid
N2719K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2016-01-21	Valid
N71929	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2016-01-21	Valid
N43NE	Eke D A SPORT TRAINER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Experimental	2016-01-14	Valid
N24740	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2016-01-13	Valid
N3087W	Dysart Charles GREGA GN-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2016-01-12	Valid
N642TS	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-12	Valid
N98642	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Slay Brothers Enterprises LLC Winter Haven, Florida	Standard	2016-01-11	Valid
N70384	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2016-01-07	Valid
N81652	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Fabric Flyers LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2016-01-06	Valid
N5094M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2016-01-04	Valid
N2426E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2015-12-22	Valid
N82462	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-12-22	Valid
N25165	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N42724	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N467JJ	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Burch Patricia e Brookville, Indiana	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N55DJ	Nowack Joe WAG-AERO-CUBY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2015-12-19	Valid
N71308	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N86331	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N98U	Upton CORBIN BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2015-12-19	Valid
N25H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-12-17	Valid
N42089	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N43479	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N1078E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2015-12-10	Valid
N71532	Luscombe 8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2015-12-10	Valid
N82882	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2015-12-10	Valid
N23919	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-08	Valid
N37714	Porterfield CP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2015-12-05	Valid
N86008	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2015-12-05	Valid
N95161	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-12-05	Valid
N96085	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-12-05	Valid
N1848E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-12-04	Valid
N39244	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2015-12-03	Valid
N85411	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2015-12-03	Valid
N95004	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2015-11-30	Valid
N51077	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Batesville Flying Club INC Batesville, Arkansas	Standard	2015-11-20	Valid
N1868E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2015-11-17	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.