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
N4821H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2015-11-13	Valid
N78602	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-11-10	Valid
N47375	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2015-11-09	Valid
N36195	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-11-02	Valid
N4951M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-11-02	Valid
N85671	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-10-30	Valid
N6048H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2015-10-28	Valid
N96770	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-10-28	Valid
N44274	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-10-26	Valid
N50573	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	L-2 LLC Overland Park, Kansas	Standard	2015-10-23	Valid
N39240	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2015-10-21	Valid
N7446H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-10-16	Valid
N9155E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2015-10-15	Valid
N6914H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-10-14	Valid
N24889	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Naca 130 LLC Cameron Park, California	Standard	2015-10-13	Valid
N77565	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2015-10-09	Valid
N85491	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-10-09	Valid
N95734	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Antique Preservation Association of Greenfield Greenfield, Iowa	Standard	2015-10-09	Valid
N33576	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2015-10-08	Valid
N48859	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2015-10-08	Valid
N71488	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2015-10-07	Valid
N77876	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-10-06	Valid
N42995	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-10-05	Valid
N43646	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-10-02	Valid
N3406N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2015-10-01	Valid
N47724	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2015-10-01	Valid
N96026	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-09-30	Valid
N30339	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-09-29	Valid
N3255N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2015-09-29	Valid
N85615	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-09-29	Valid
N8020Z	O'Connor William PAZMANY PL-4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Experimental	2015-09-28	Valid
N96014	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2015-09-28	Valid
N45488	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-09-23	Valid
N52350	Aeronca L-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Beavers Air LLC Fort Walton Beach, Florida	Standard	2015-09-17	Valid
N28468	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2015-09-16	Valid
N4588M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-09-16	Valid
N6125H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Dallas, Texas	Restricted	2015-09-14	Valid
N3692K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2015-09-11	Valid
N44370	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-09-10	Valid
N81704	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2015-09-10	Valid
N10314	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sweitzers Fencing CO Felton, Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-09-08	Valid
N33853	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Yanks Air Museum Baldwin Park, California	Standard	2015-09-08	Valid
N83929	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2015-09-01	Valid
N2910E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-08-31	Valid
N1282B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2015-08-27	Valid
N9808E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-08-27	Valid
N3450E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2015-08-26	Valid
N42355	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2015-08-26	Valid
N9448E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2015-08-26	Valid
N9622S	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-08-26	Valid
N26797	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Three Doc'S #2 LLC Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Standard	2015-08-25	Valid
N3292E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2015-08-20	Valid
N43616	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2015-08-20	Valid
N78684	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2015-08-20	Valid
N81738	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2015-08-20	Valid
N28729	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-08-19	Valid
N2224M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Jersey	Standard	2015-08-18	Valid
N25101	Reber PIETENPOLE AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2015-08-18	Valid
N41961	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-08-17	Valid
N57450	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-08-17	Valid
N71986	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-08-17	Valid
N2223M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2015-08-14	Valid
N4562H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-08-14	Valid
N81482	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Copaair Maintenance Services INC Indiantown, Florida	Standard	2015-08-14	Valid
N43873	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-08-12	Valid
N39397	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-08-10	Valid
N1226E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2015-08-06	Valid
N45984	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2015-08-05	Valid
N71575	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-08-04	Valid
N71969	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2015-08-03	Valid
N95175	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2015-08-03	Valid
N70293	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2015-07-29	Valid
N98577	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2015-07-29	Valid
N82360	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2015-07-28	Valid
N47464	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-07-27	Valid
N5341N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-07-27	Valid
N92694	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-07-27	Valid
N35MJ	Dolloph ACEY DEUCY P70	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Experimental	2015-07-23	Valid
N6122H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2015-07-23	Valid
N8749R	Baby Ace D MODIFIED	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Massachusetts	Experimental	2015-07-21	Valid
N88573	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	N88573 LLC Sheridan, Arkansas	Standard	2015-07-21	Valid
N1564K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-07-17	Valid
N4457H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2015-07-16	Valid
N96351	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2015-07-14	Valid
N28315	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-07-13	Valid
N4716M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2015-07-13	Valid
N57538	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-07-13	Valid
N2336	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2015-07-10	Valid
N2942K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2015-07-10	Valid
N3769E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-07-06	Valid
N78433	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2015-07-06	Valid
N3452E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-07-02	Valid
N418LS	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2015-07-02	Valid
N85Y	Spiewak Baby Ace C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2015-06-30	Valid
N95561	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2015-06-30	Valid
N71643	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-06-29	Valid
N2486A	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2015-06-26	Valid
N2731E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-06-26	Valid
N5132M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-06-25	Valid
N39153	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2015-06-23	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.