Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 9, 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
N82809	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Seven Acee LLC Alexander City, Alabama	Standard	2014-08-12	Valid
N571	Edmunds BOWERS FLY BABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Experimental	2014-08-11	Valid
N3025E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cody Plane CORP Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2014-08-06	Valid
N4616H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2014-08-06	Valid
N70345	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-08-05	Valid
N2787E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2014-08-04	Valid
N77FJ	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Experimental Aircraft Assn Flint Area Chapter #77 Flushing, Michigan	Standard	2014-08-04	Valid
N27619	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2014-08-01	Valid
N85401	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-08-01	Valid
N83668	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2014-07-29	Valid
N6907H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2014-07-25	Valid
N96872	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2014-07-25	Valid
N23679	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2014-07-24	Valid
N973DS	Schwieso Duaine PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	2014-07-24	Valid
N92046	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Merkan Michael B Waterloo, Illinois	Standard	2014-07-23	Valid
N26543	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-07-22	Valid
N26978	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2014-07-22	Valid
N2182M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Moonrise Soaring INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2014-07-17	Valid
N43510	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2014-07-16	Valid
N44286	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2014-07-16	Valid
N2998E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2014-07-15	Valid
N42890	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-07-15	Valid
N43336	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2014-07-14	Valid
N71101	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Carolina	Standard	2014-07-14	Valid
N43278	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2014-07-08	Valid
N85571	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2014-07-08	Valid
N4886H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-07-07	Valid
N6431H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-07-03	Valid
N85194	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-07-03	Valid
N2893K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2014-07-01	Valid
N95307	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2014-06-30	Valid
N4507M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-06-27	Valid
N3424K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-06-26	Valid
N4838V	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-06-26	Valid
N84012	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2014-06-26	Valid
N85114	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-06-25	Valid
N1319K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2014-06-24	Valid
N28485	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-06-24	Valid
N82489	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2014-06-24	Valid
N3606N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2014-06-23	Valid
N42558	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2014-06-23	Valid
N1414E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-06-17	Valid
N43127	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2014-06-16	Valid
N43750	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-06-13	Valid
N28319	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-06-12	Valid
N808MY	Clutton Eric FRED S1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2014-06-12	Valid
N1280B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tailwheel Aviators LLP Kokomo, Indiana	Standard	2014-06-11	Valid
N42676	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sierra Aviation LLC Plainfield, Illinois	Standard	2014-06-11	Valid
N70682	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2014-06-11	Valid
N82834	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-06-11	Valid
N4868M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2014-06-10	Valid
N45694	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2014-06-09	Valid
N84AH	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-06-09	Valid
N98864	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2014-06-09	Valid
N83195	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2014-06-06	Valid
N50974	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2014-06-05	Valid
N9661E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-06-04	Valid
N39023	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-05-27	Valid
N78845	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2014-05-27	Valid
N83280	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2014-05-27	Valid
N28564	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-05-22	Valid
N4802H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2014-05-21	Valid
N65402	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2014-05-21	Valid
N9483E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2014-05-21	Valid
N43140	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	G & J Enterprises Wasilla, Alaska	Standard	2014-05-19	Valid
N4686H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2014-05-15	Valid
N71688	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-05-15	Valid
N28798	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying A Aviation LLC Archer City, Texas	Standard	2014-05-14	Valid
N37036	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2014-05-14	Valid
N4616M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-05-09	Valid
N87L	Mong Sport MS-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2014-05-09	Valid
N7489H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2014-05-02	Valid
N95878	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2014-05-02	Valid
N77890	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2014-05-01	Valid
N95137	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-04-30	Valid
N34279	Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Experimental	2014-04-29	Valid
N70369	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2014-04-29	Valid
N92012	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Capital Flight LLC Verona, Wisconsin	Standard	2014-04-23	Valid
N71868	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2014-04-18	Valid
N84292	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2014-04-18	Valid
N45948	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-04-15	Valid
N92679	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-04-15	Valid
N1430E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wallace Aviation INC Wallace, Nebraska	Standard	2014-04-14	Valid
N36976	Aeronca 65-TAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	None on file	2014-04-14	Valid
N85855	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2014-04-14	Valid
N71297	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-04-11	Valid
N3922A	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2014-04-10	Valid
N98390	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Command Aire LLC Sitka, Alaska	Standard	2014-04-08	Valid
N1490K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2014-04-07	Valid
N9654E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Albij3 LLC Milton, Florida	Standard	2014-04-07	Valid
N88136	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2014-04-04	Valid
N88548	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-04-04	Valid
N1141J	Mattson BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2014-04-03	Valid
N1518E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2014-04-02	Valid
N42139	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sherman Aviation INC Redmond, Oregon	Standard	2014-04-02	Valid
N96190	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2014-04-02	Valid
N38484	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2014-04-01	Valid
N2774E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2014-03-28	Valid
N83771	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2014-03-26	Valid
N864	Wheeler Jasper L 1 BI-FLYBABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Buds Auto Parts LTD Gowen, Michigan	Experimental	2014-03-26	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 9, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.