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
N96254	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2012-11-02	Valid
N9001H	Bright John P HANNAFORD BEE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2012-11-01	Valid
N2050B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hinton Steven J Chino, California	Standard	2012-10-31	Valid
N44263	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-10-31	Valid
N28209	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-10-30	Valid
N28419	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Shirlted LLC Rome City, Indiana	Standard	2012-10-30	Valid
N30719	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Harrigan Aviation Enterprises INC Fontana, Wisconsin	Standard	2012-10-30	Valid
N71172	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-10-30	Valid
N6932H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-10-29	Valid
N24069	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-24	Valid
N42156	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-10-24	Valid
N237P	Vardiman Boyce A PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2012-10-22	Valid
N82755	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-10-22	Valid
N83002	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-10-19	Valid
N1131B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2012-10-09	Valid
N35515	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-10-09	Valid
N50388	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-10-03	Valid
N48525	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-02	Valid
N4256A	Corben Baby Ace C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2012-09-27	Valid
N71373	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-09-27	Valid
N84858	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2012-09-27	Valid
N27129	Piper J5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2012-09-21	Valid
N1571K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2012-09-17	Valid
N1608E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-09-17	Valid
N86287	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-09-17	Valid
N9746E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wething Aviation LLC Detroit Lakes, Minnesota	Standard	2012-09-13	Valid
N1150K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2012-09-11	Valid
N23126	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Consag LLC Ainsworth, Nebraska	Standard	2012-09-07	Valid
N78661	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-09-06	Valid
N2860E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2012-09-05	Valid
N4856M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-08-29	Valid
N1142B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2012-08-21	Valid
N6681H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-08-20	Valid
N71872	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-08-20	Valid
N28329	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-08-16	Valid
N6031H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-08-15	Valid
N311P	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-08-14	Valid
N92604	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-08-14	Valid
N36852	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2012-08-09	Valid
N82615	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-08-09	Valid
N84124	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2012-08-07	Valid
N29072	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Keppen Charles J Wentworth, South Dakota	Standard	2012-08-03	Valid
N27099	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2012-07-31	Valid
N3380E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2012-07-30	Valid
N94921	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-07-30	Valid
N84745	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-07-26	Valid
N71941	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2012-07-25	Valid
N23962	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-23	Valid
N7394H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Hampshire	Standard	2012-07-19	Valid
N45494	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-07-18	Valid
N10674	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Urbahn John A Saratoga Springs, New York	Standard	2012-07-17	Valid
N70882	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2012-07-17	Valid
N46930	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-07-11	Valid
N23288	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Raw Racing INC Puyallup, Washington	Standard	2012-07-06	Valid
N2935K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-07-03	Valid
N1140B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-26	Valid
N322CB	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2012-06-26	Valid
N45930	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-06-26	Valid
N84281	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2012-06-25	Valid
N4270E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-06-21	Valid
N88175	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hardin County Aviation LLC Kountze, Texas	Standard	2012-06-19	Valid
N82621	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-06-14	Valid
N44343	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-06-13	Valid
N3013E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N71535	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N475V	American Eaglecraft-Kelch EAGLET 230K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alfred and Lois Kelch Aviation Museum INC Brodhead, Wisconsin	Experimental	2012-06-11	Valid
N98025	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-06-08	Valid
N39996	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-06-05	Valid
N194KJ	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-06-01	Valid
N38501	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2012-06-01	Valid
N3506E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-05-31	Valid
N32941	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2012-05-30	Valid
N46224	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-05-25	Valid
N39098	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-05-22	Valid
N9037E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2012-05-22	Valid
N10952	Curtiss Wright JR CW1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	None on file	2012-05-21	Valid
N50608	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2012-05-17	Valid
N51570	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airpower Museum INC Ottumwa, Iowa	Standard	2012-05-16	Valid
N1399K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-15	Valid
N2902E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2012-05-11	Valid
N98504	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2012-05-10	Valid
N1560N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2012-05-09	Valid
N6511H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2012-05-09	Valid
N78814	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2012-05-08	Valid
N42440	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-05-04	Valid
N36042	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-05-02	Valid
N3974A	Piper L-4B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2012-05-02	Valid
N7073H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-05-01	Valid
N22703	Piper J4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Experimental	2012-04-30	Valid
N36406	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-04-30	Valid
N43458	Taylorcraft BCS12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2012-04-30	Valid
N1942E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2012-04-26	Valid
N71793	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2012-04-25	Valid
N42918	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2012-04-24	Valid
N3439E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-04-19	Valid
N82496	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mako Investments Lc Lafayette, Louisiana	Standard	2012-04-19	Valid
N96074	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hurlburt Douglas G Durand, Wisconsin	Standard	2012-04-18	Valid
N23063	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2012-04-17	Valid
N27031	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	3 Point Aviation LLC Saint Louis, Missouri	Standard	2012-04-17	Valid
N84238	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2012-04-17	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.