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
N43416	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2013-04-02	Valid
N3385N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2013-04-01	Valid
N24392	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2013-03-27	Valid
N59812	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-26	Valid
N36386	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2013-03-25	Valid
N27998	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2013-03-20	Valid
N61021	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-03-20	Valid
N84983	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gilberts Flying Club INC Hampshire, Illinois	Standard	2013-03-18	Valid
N42740	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-03-15	Valid
N24081	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-03-14	Valid
N38380	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-03-14	Valid
N25885	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-03-13	Valid
N9381E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-03-13	Valid
N6182H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2013-03-12	Valid
N85871	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2013-03-12	Valid
N47503	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-03-11	Valid
N88525	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2013-03-07	Valid
N71428	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-06	Valid
N9279E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2013-03-06	Valid
N9428E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kewley David A Manville, Illinois	Standard	2013-03-05	Valid
N95918	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2013-03-05	Valid
N81792	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2013-03-04	Valid
N98719	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-04	Valid
N24422	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2013-03-01	Valid
N4123	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-01	Valid
N48393	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-01	Valid
N5146M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-03-01	Valid
N53712	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-01	Valid
N61623	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-03-01	Valid
N22384	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2013-02-28	Valid
N24217	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2013-02-28	Valid
N33783	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aeronca Aircraft History Museum Brighton, Michigan	Standard	2013-02-28	Valid
N21282	Taylorcraft BF	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-02-27	Valid
N39974	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2013-02-25	Valid
N6488H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2013-02-25	Valid
N9647E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2013-02-22	Valid
N1217K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2013-02-15	Valid
N1565E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2013-02-14	Valid
N82433	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-02-14	Valid
N42439	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-02-13	Valid
N5435	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2013-02-12	Valid
N66366	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-02-12	Valid
N87919	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2013-02-12	Valid
N2241E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-02-05	Valid
N33919	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2013-02-04	Valid
N43042	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2013-02-01	Valid
N32710	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Restricted	2013-01-31	Valid
N77883	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2013-01-29	Valid
N85743	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-01-29	Valid
N452B	Cosman James A COSMAN MODEL 1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2013-01-28	Valid
N30342	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2013-01-25	Valid
N3640K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2013-01-24	Valid
N85329	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-01-24	Valid
N92626	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ficus Point Aviation INC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2013-01-24	Valid
N95176	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2013-01-24	Valid
N71567	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-01-22	Valid
N43606	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alaska Aviation Museum Anchorage, Alaska	Standard	2013-01-18	Valid
N2881E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-01-17	Valid
N44044	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2013-01-17	Valid
N23462	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cubclub LLC Clinton Township, Michigan	Standard	2013-01-16	Valid
N43269	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	C & S Aerial Photography LLC Ponca, Nebraska	Standard	2013-01-16	Valid
N98156	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2013-01-16	Valid
N44248	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2013-01-15	Valid
N71142	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2013-01-11	Valid
N87973	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2013-01-11	Valid
N95645	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2013-01-10	Valid
N70453	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2013-01-09	Valid
N2843K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2013-01-08	Valid
N84694	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2013-01-07	Valid
N48078	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-01-04	Valid
N28016	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Noethlich Brothers Doland, South Dakota	Standard	2013-01-03	Valid
N51039	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2013-01-03	Valid
N9293E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-01-03	Valid
N1938B	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-01-02	Valid
N6826D	Bay Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Experimental	2013-01-02	Valid
N70857	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2013-01-02	Valid
N2988E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-12-31	Valid
N87757	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Morse John F Lockport, New York	Standard	2012-12-31	Valid
N491M	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-12-28	Valid
N515CB	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ward Eddie D Livingston, Texas	Standard	2012-12-28	Valid
N1330E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-12-26	Valid
N9365E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-12-18	Valid
N35635	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-12-17	Valid
N83011	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2012-12-07	Valid
N3112E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-12-06	Valid
N92498	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dga Aviation LLC Sacramento, California	Standard	2012-12-06	Valid
N4879H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-12-05	Valid
N4900M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2012-12-04	Valid
N86193	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2012-12-04	Valid
N2120K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-11-29	Valid
N88663	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	None on file	2012-11-29	Valid
N57735	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2012-11-28	Valid
N39563	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mid Atlantic Air Museum Reading, Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N70310	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N7177H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N43710	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Ski Mfg CO INC Brooten, Minnesota	Standard	2012-11-21	Valid
N88565	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2012-11-21	Valid
N2666E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-11-09	Valid
N2780E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Adams Fertilizer INC Senath, Missouri	Standard	2012-11-06	Valid
N14556	Aeronca C-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying L Aircraft INC Fort Denaud, Florida	Standard	2012-11-05	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.