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
N62065	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-06-20	Valid
N23694	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2011-06-18	Valid
N3245N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Begert Limousin Ranch INC Allison, Texas	Standard	2011-06-18	Valid
N903	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2011-06-18	Valid
N9299	Kenneson-Stitts FLUT-R-BUG SA6B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2011-06-18	Valid
N9255E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2011-06-14	Valid
N71689	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-06-13	Valid
N32912	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2011-06-09	Valid
N2080B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-06-07	Valid
N3718E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2011-05-31	Valid
N24443	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2011-05-27	Valid
N37219	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-05-27	Valid
N81720	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2011-05-25	Valid
N43329	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Songbird LLC Columbus, Georgia	Standard	2011-05-24	Valid
N49176	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-05-24	Valid
N29608	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2011-05-20	Valid
N23548	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2011-05-19	Valid
N46215	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2011-05-18	Valid
N2068K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2011-05-16	Valid
N4865H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-05-14	Valid
N1112K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Experimental	2011-05-10	Valid
N37309	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-05-04	Valid
N96285	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2011-05-04	Valid
N7257H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2011-05-03	Valid
N43683	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2011-05-02	Valid
N96421	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2011-05-02	Valid
N98549	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-04-30	Valid
N27025	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2011-04-28	Valid
N7411H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Slow Walking Barnstormers LLC Frostproof, Florida	Standard	2011-04-28	Valid
N34926	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-04-27	Valid
N95210	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-04-27	Valid
N96193	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-04-27	Valid
N9548E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-04-21	Valid
N28943	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-04-19	Valid
N4615H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2011-04-16	Valid
N48264	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	None on file	2011-04-13	Valid
N82850	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-04-12	Valid
N92086	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2011-04-12	Valid
N47731	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Brownsville Barnstormers Flying Museum INC Brownsville, Texas	Standard	2011-04-11	Valid
N9025E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Horst Aviation LLC New Holland, Pennsylvania	Standard	2011-04-07	Valid
N95674	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2011-04-07	Valid
N84923	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2011-04-06	Valid
N96979	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-04-05	Valid
N1237B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-04-01	Valid
N6699H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2011-03-31	Valid
N43740	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2011-03-29	Valid
N95029	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2011-03-29	Valid
N95223	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Conner Brent F Medford, Oregon	Standard	2011-03-29	Valid
N83336	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2011-03-22	Valid
N48102	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Saginaw Valley Air Museum Saginaw, Michigan	Standard	2011-03-21	Valid
N21681	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2011-03-16	Valid
N29456	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2011-03-16	Valid
N6593H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-03-16	Valid
N95368	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2011-03-16	Valid
N95145	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-03-14	Valid
N24689	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Davis Ronches INC Belle Fourche, South Dakota	Standard	2011-03-11	Valid
N1279K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2011-03-07	Valid
N37241	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2011-03-03	Valid
N2BM	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-02-25	Valid
N4177	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-02-17	Valid
N36044	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2011-02-14	Valid
N39270	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2011-02-10	Valid
N78419	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2011-02-09	Valid
N85895	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2011-02-07	Valid
N1764E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2011-01-31	Valid
N51510	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2011-01-31	Valid
N95546	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2011-01-18	Valid
N72064	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-01-10	Valid
N3590K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2011-01-07	Valid
N95258	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2011-01-07	Valid
N85641	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2011-01-06	Valid
N28916	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2011-01-05	Valid
N41FV	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2011-01-05	Valid
N3696E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2011-01-04	Valid
N9604E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2010-12-29	Valid
N9165L	Bellanca 7ACA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jajade Farms INC Birmingham, Missouri	Standard	2010-12-27	Valid
N39574	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-12-23	Valid
N2943K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2010-12-21	Valid
N96355	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2010-12-17	Valid
N9717E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2010-12-14	Valid
N33234	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2010-12-13	Valid
N1707K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2010-12-02	Valid
N1JV	Vahary PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2010-12-01	Valid
N71928	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2010-11-29	Valid
N31410	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bates Bi-Planes LLC Faribault, Minnesota	Standard	2010-11-22	Valid
N83439	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-11-22	Valid
N54903	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2010-11-16	Valid
N1117A	Pearson Arthur E NIEUPORT 11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2010-11-09	Valid
N57570	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-11-09	Valid
N81946	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2010-11-09	Valid
N84616	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Greenbrier Aviation LLC Sevierville, Tennessee	Standard	2010-11-04	Valid
N2247E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2010-11-03	Valid
N72HW	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lhc Aviation LLC Miami, Florida	Standard	2010-11-03	Valid
N34726	Porterfield CP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Port Townsend Aero Museum Port Townsend, Washington	Standard	2010-11-02	Valid
N1681E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2010-10-28	Valid
N2745E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kingdom Air Corps Sutton, Alaska	Standard	2010-10-06	Valid
N1432V	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2010-10-01	Valid
N85999	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2010-10-01	Valid
N43040	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2010-09-27	Valid
N42585	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2010-09-22	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.