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
N2225M	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-06-18	Valid
N4223E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blue Sky Sport & Tail Wheel INC Mary Esther, Florida	Restricted	2015-06-18	Valid
N33710	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aeronca Aircraft History Museum Brighton, Michigan	Standard	2015-06-17	Valid
N36519	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	New London Rental LLC Copper Hill, Virginia	Standard	2015-06-17	Valid
N70243	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2015-06-16	Valid
N42446	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Multiple	2015-06-15	Valid
N70304	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-06-15	Valid
N2478E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2015-06-11	Valid
N1600E	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2015-06-09	Valid
N29692	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2015-06-09	Valid
N39911	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2015-06-08	Valid
N47175	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mayhall Douglas A Mokena, Illinois	Standard	2015-06-03	Valid
N83321	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2015-06-03	Valid
N39924	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-06-02	Valid
N44100	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2015-06-02	Valid
N6612H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2015-06-02	Valid
N51378	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-05-29	Valid
N19772	Aeronca KC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aeronca Aircraft History Museum Brighton, Michigan	Standard	2015-05-26	Valid
N40835	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-05-20	Valid
N33101	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2015-05-19	Valid
N45853	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2015-05-18	Valid
N5056H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-05-18	Valid
N553JA	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cerulean Skies Aviation LLC Jacksonville, Florida	Standard	2015-05-18	Valid
N43564	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Connecticut	Standard	2015-05-14	Valid
N2074E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-05-12	Valid
N2337E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2015-05-07	Valid
N33731	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bieser John P Hartford, Wisconsin	Standard	2015-05-07	Valid
N6110H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2015-05-07	Valid
N95997	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Collum Aviation LLC Milton, Florida	Standard	2015-05-07	Valid
N42302	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2015-05-06	Valid
N7708B	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-05-04	Valid
N1208E	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2015-05-01	Valid
N78823	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-04-27	Valid
N83032	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vintage Flying Club Ankeny, Iowa	Standard	2015-04-27	Valid
N86086	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-04-27	Valid
N95719	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-04-27	Valid
N43992	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2015-04-23	Valid
N85277	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-04-23	Valid
N94925	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-04-23	Valid
N27024	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2015-04-22	Valid
N43837	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2015-04-22	Valid
N41300	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Museum of Mountain Flying Drummond, Montana	Standard	2015-04-21	Valid
N2670E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2015-04-20	Valid
N3813E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-04-17	Valid
N7069H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2015-04-16	Valid
N7129H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-04-16	Valid
N4012A	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Coyne Christopher F Riegelsville, Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-04-15	Valid
N88372	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Taildraggers LLC Kensington, New Hampshire	Restricted	2015-04-15	Valid
N95581	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2015-04-14	Valid
N43529	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2015-04-13	Valid
N7016H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-04-13	Valid
N94576	Piper L-4J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sandpiper Air LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2015-04-10	Valid
N3600K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2015-04-09	Valid
N4680M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-04-09	Valid
N5178M	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-04-08	Valid
N30536	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-04-02	Valid
N32879	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-04-02	Valid
N2369E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2015-03-31	Valid
N71556	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-03-30	Valid
N85721	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2015-03-26	Valid
N4835H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2015-03-24	Valid
N92613	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-03-19	Valid
N95911	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2015-03-17	Valid
N52844	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-03-16	Valid
N36007	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2015-03-13	Valid
N6222C	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-03-13	Valid
N4121	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2015-03-12	Valid
N44273	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2015-03-11	Valid
N9831E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2015-03-11	Valid
N2388E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2015-03-09	Valid
N43150	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-03-04	Valid
N28545	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-02-26	Valid
N3242N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2015-02-25	Valid
N8846	Eaa Chapter 147 Inc PIETENPOL G.N.1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2015-02-19	Valid
N98788	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2015-02-19	Valid
N46513	Aeronca 0-58A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-02-18	Valid
N48634	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-02-17	Valid
N71899	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2015-02-17	Valid
N71628	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-02-13	Valid
N1302E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2015-02-11	Valid
N3245E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2015-02-09	Valid
N43819	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2015-02-09	Valid
N37210	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Coleman Aeromarine INC Lakeland, Florida	Standard	2015-02-06	Valid
N36547	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-02-05	Valid
N43665	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2015-02-03	Valid
N85814	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tracemont Flyers LLC Boyce, Louisiana	Standard	2015-02-02	Valid
N70866	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	2015-01-30	Valid
N36661	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2015-01-28	Valid
N72057	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2015-01-21	Valid
N83719	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2015-01-21	Valid
N22319	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2015-01-16	Valid
N71152	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-01-15	Valid
N30859	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-01-14	Valid
N81606	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2015-01-13	Valid
N96324	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2015-01-13	Valid
N71177	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2015-01-07	Valid
N1847E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2015-01-06	Valid
N28436	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-01-06	Valid
N3277N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2015-01-06	Valid
N26802	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2015-01-05	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.