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
N95784	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-03-26	Valid
N96695	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2014-03-26	Valid
N832Z	Sparks Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2014-03-25	Valid
N1499E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Johnson Ronald W Cayce, South Carolina	Standard	2014-03-24	Valid
N1942B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2014-03-24	Valid
N83445	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2014-03-24	Valid
N2262K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-03-20	Valid
N1399E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Slack Jonathan D Bonfield, Illinois	Standard	2014-03-19	Valid
N4653M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2014-03-19	Valid
N84506	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jjbk LLC Bancroft, Nebraska	Standard	2014-03-18	Valid
N4644T	Curtiss Wright CW-1 REP.	Fixed-wing, single engine	Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum Saint Louis, Missouri	Experimental	2014-03-17	Valid
N83630	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2014-03-14	Valid
N36425	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-03-13	Valid
N45544	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2014-03-13	Valid
N211XH	Haun James J THORP T211 X	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2014-03-11	Valid
N50334	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airpower Museum INC Ottumwa, Iowa	Standard	2014-03-11	Valid
N1160K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2014-03-10	Valid
N9318E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airpower Museum INC Ottumwa, Iowa	Standard	2014-03-10	Valid
N870K	Beltz David J BABY GREAT LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2014-03-07	Valid
N83276	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2014-03-06	Valid
N25363	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2014-03-05	Valid
N24832	Miller WM-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2014-03-04	Valid
N6332H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2014-03-04	Valid
N85986	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2014-03-04	Valid
N95753	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2014-03-04	Valid
N7012H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-02-28	Valid
N70868	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Connecticut	Standard	2014-02-28	Valid
N71139	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2014-02-27	Valid
N9586E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2014-02-27	Valid
N83357	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2014-02-26	Valid
N83096	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2014-02-25	Valid
N7570T	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2014-02-21	Valid
N98686	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	None on file	2014-02-21	Valid
N2012M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2014-02-20	Valid
N28494	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2014-02-20	Valid
N2916K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2014-02-20	Valid
N3898E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2014-02-20	Valid
N23532	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2014-02-19	Valid
N77857	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2014-02-19	Valid
N1350E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-02-18	Valid
N4845H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2014-02-14	Valid
N4895H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2014-02-14	Valid
N40659	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2014-02-13	Valid
N96556	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2014-02-13	Valid
N24609	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2014-02-07	Valid
N85191	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2014-02-07	Valid
N1196E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-02-06	Valid
N85564	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2014-02-03	Valid
N11PV	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2014-01-30	Valid
N30435	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-01-30	Valid
N98524	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2014-01-30	Valid
N48053	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Johnson Scott J Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Standard	2014-01-29	Valid
N2106B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N2591K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N43498	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lrh Equipment LLC Pendleton, Oregon	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N82574	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N7044H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-01-24	Valid
N6186H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2014-01-23	Valid
N43741	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2014-01-21	Valid
N98261	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2014-01-21	Valid
N87890	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2014-01-16	Valid
N1341E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2014-01-14	Valid
N4430E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-14	Valid
N96539	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2014-01-13	Valid
N46186	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N4802M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airport Farms Aviation LLC Tarkio, Missouri	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N2025E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dennen and Divine LLC Rockville, Indiana	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N77946	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N25052	Piper J3F-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2014-01-06	Valid
N71291	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2014-01-06	Valid
N84178	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2014-01-06	Valid
N98324	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2014-01-02	Valid
N23572	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2013-12-31	Valid
N82538	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2013-12-26	Valid
N85083	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2013-12-26	Valid
N34094	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-12-24	Valid
N899TB	Bradley Theodore H PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2013-12-24	Valid
N92489	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2013-12-23	Valid
N71895	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2013-12-19	Valid
N54606	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Carpen Cos LLC Rochester, New York	Standard	2013-12-18	Valid
N95026	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-12-11	Valid
N25274	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2013-12-02	Valid
N78426	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2013-12-02	Valid
N2952K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cloudbase Assets LTD Avon Lake, Ohio	Standard	2013-11-26	Valid
N46587	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-11-26	Valid
N330WW	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2013-11-22	Valid
N3316N	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Vermont	Standard	2013-11-22	Valid
N92178	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aviation Management Services Des Moines, Iowa	Standard	2013-11-22	Valid
N5221M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2013-11-19	Valid
N83812	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2013-11-14	Valid
N95916	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2013-11-13	Valid
N2567E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-11-04	Valid
N83916	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2013-11-04	Valid
N467AC	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2013-10-31	Valid
N85338	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-10-31	Valid
N81975	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2013-10-30	Valid
N29710	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2013-10-28	Valid
N40804	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-10-28	Valid
N1500N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Orlandi Properties LLC Blairstown, New Jersey	Standard	2013-10-24	Valid
N42674	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New York	Standard	2013-10-24	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.