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
N98382	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Rhode Island	Standard	2012-04-16	Valid
N43356	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-04-14	Valid
N43210	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-04-12	Valid
N87901	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2012-04-12	Valid
N83610	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2012-04-11	Valid
N84720	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2012-04-05	Valid
N8244T	Crutcher Charles S BABY LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Experimental	2012-04-03	Valid
N2785C	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	International Aviation Services INC Laredo, Texas	Standard	2012-03-30	Valid
N2613K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2012-03-28	Valid
N3347N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2012-03-27	Valid
N87976	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-03-27	Valid
N3482E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N43890	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Skylink Aviation INC Florissant, Missouri	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N70961	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N7108H	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N92253	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Puddlejumpers LLC Shell Knob, Missouri	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N1216E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2012-03-22	Valid
N43178	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Barnstormers Aviation Club LLC Bay City, Michigan	Standard	2012-03-22	Valid
N82935	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-03-22	Valid
N96371	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2012-03-21	Valid
N78403	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2012-03-20	Valid
N43694	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N600JH	Hulboy Jeffrey K BREEZY RLU-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2012-03-19	Valid
N82721	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N2713E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-03-16	Valid
N38437	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2012-03-16	Valid
N36810	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N42347	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N6376H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N7290H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N83827	Chapter 353 Inc. E.A.A. BOWERS FLY BABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2012-03-15	Valid
N72029	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-03-14	Valid
N35037	Piper J5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2012-03-08	Valid
N82873	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2012-03-07	Valid
N29473	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-06	Valid
N2020E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2012-03-05	Valid
N85791	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2012-03-05	Valid
N2315E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2012-03-02	Valid
N83792	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	S Dacy Enterprises INC Harvard, Illinois	Standard	2012-03-02	Valid
N4C	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-03-01	Valid
N83813	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Elbert County Air Force LLC Elbert, Colorado	Standard	2012-02-29	Valid
N24551	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-02-28	Valid
N27144	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lee Aero LLC Wichita, Kansas	Standard	2012-02-28	Valid
N55100	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aeroquest LLC Harold, Kentucky	Standard	2012-02-27	Valid
N42691	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2012-02-25	Valid
N83167	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-02-25	Valid
N81414	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2012-02-24	Valid
N1538E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bartelma Farms INC Runnells, Iowa	Standard	2012-02-23	Valid
N85108	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-02-23	Valid
N3823E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-02-22	Valid
N4505M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-02-17	Valid
N6719H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Good Aviation Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Standard	2012-02-17	Valid
N3751E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-02-16	Valid
N26196	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2012-02-14	Valid
N33116	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Walker Garrett C Collins, Georgia	Standard	2012-02-13	Valid
N19062	Taylorcraft A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2012-02-10	Valid
N47500	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-02-10	Valid
N85661	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2012-02-09	Valid
N85367	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2012-02-08	Valid
N42332	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2012-02-07	Valid
N52978	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-02-07	Valid
N88593	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-02-07	Valid
N27078	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-02-06	Valid
N58040	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ozarks Auto Show INC Hollister, Missouri	Standard	2012-02-06	Valid
N84241	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-02-03	Valid
N3642K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N7301H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N45701	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2012-01-26	Valid
N1457E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-25	Valid
N83802	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2012-01-25	Valid
N1939	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2012-01-24	Valid
N86158	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hixssen Michael L Anchorage, Alaska	Standard	2012-01-24	Valid
N3884E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N737N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bavarian Barnstormers INC North Fort Myers, Florida	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N83192	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N88474	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N74HF	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2012-01-20	Valid
N96636	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2012-01-12	Valid
N21378	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2012-01-11	Valid
N47262	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-01-11	Valid
N2108B	Luscombe 8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-10	Valid
N26057	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nalls Aviation INC Lusby, Maryland	None on file	2012-01-09	Valid
N47185	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Assend Dragon Aviation LLC San Antonio, Texas	Standard	2012-01-06	Valid
N24031	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2012-01-05	Valid
N6305H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Graham Field LTD Adams Mills, Ohio	Standard	2012-01-05	Valid
N681A	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2012-01-05	Valid
N3144E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airpower Museum INC Ottumwa, Iowa	Standard	2012-01-04	Valid
N49847	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N88068	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Neno Richard J Ithaca, New York	Standard	2011-12-28	Valid
N5186M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-27	Valid
N1144E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-12-23	Valid
N23907	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-12-23	Valid
N2916E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2011-12-22	Valid
N82113	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2011-12-22	Valid
N4615M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum Saint Louis, Missouri	Standard	2011-12-20	Valid
N1486E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-12-14	Valid
N33844	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2011-12-12	Valid
N86196	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2011-12-12	Valid
N3608E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2011-12-07	Valid
N92462	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2011-12-06	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.