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
N84614	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2010-09-21	Valid
N53709	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2010-09-16	Valid
N2308C	Shaffer-Richard AIRCAMPER GN-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2010-09-13	Valid
N81913	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-09-13	Valid
N91933	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rdm Ventures LLC Buckhead, Georgia	Standard	2010-09-09	Valid
N44999	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2010-08-30	Valid
N22973	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-26	Valid
N6067	Baby Great Lakes WR-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2010-08-26	Valid
N81760	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-08-26	Valid
N98140	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-26	Valid
N44001	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2010-08-25	Valid
N43190	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2010-08-20	Valid
N5287M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-08-20	Valid
N1188B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2010-08-19	Valid
N1343K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2010-08-19	Valid
N23549	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2010-08-17	Valid
N70782	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2010-08-12	Valid
N10EP	Elston E&P SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2010-08-04	Valid
N71555	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2010-08-04	Valid
N20659	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2010-07-28	Valid
N42568	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2010-07-22	Valid
N70550	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2010-07-21	Valid
N70794	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2010-07-16	Valid
N44085	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-07-14	Valid
N2822E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2010-07-13	Valid
N46589	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2010-07-07	Valid
N43546	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2010-07-06	Valid
N43978	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Taylorcraft Investments LLC Greensboro, North Carolina	Standard	2010-07-06	Valid
N2227E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2010-07-02	Valid
N66499	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2010-07-01	Valid
N78601	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Leonard James P Eagle River, Alaska	Standard	2010-06-24	Valid
N2991E	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2010-06-22	Valid
N96041	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-06-21	Valid
N84049	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2010-06-18	Valid
N6139U	Kamp Donald Gary PROSTAR ACFT PT2C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2010-06-16	Valid
N84084	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airknocker LLC Vidalia, Louisiana	Standard	2010-06-16	Valid
N1117B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2010-06-14	Valid
N48295	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mean Green Flying Machines LLC Logan, Ohio	Standard	2010-06-11	Valid
N85229	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2010-06-10	Valid
N95514	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2010-06-07	Valid
N96226	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2010-06-07	Valid
N96608	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2010-06-03	Valid
N140DL	Evans Walter B PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2010-06-02	Valid
N7421H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2010-05-28	Valid
N719	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	S & D Aviation LLC Pamplico, South Carolina	Standard	2010-05-25	Valid
N36439	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2010-05-12	Valid
N2035M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2010-05-11	Valid
N2375E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2010-05-06	Valid
N1071N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2010-05-04	Valid
N3072Z	Taylorcraft/Coburn DCO-65L2M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2010-05-04	Valid
N47751	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2010-05-04	Valid
N71496	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2010-05-04	Valid
N22772	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2010-04-29	Valid
N6729H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-04-28	Valid
N1985W	Taylorcraft A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2010-04-27	Valid
N45514	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2010-04-27	Valid
N82523	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2010-04-26	Valid
N45567	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2010-04-21	Valid
N27976	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-19	Valid
N95168	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-19	Valid
N7378H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2010-04-15	Valid
N98809	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-14	Valid
N3797E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2010-04-12	Valid
N53602	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-12	Valid
N24844	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-09	Valid
N27638	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-04-08	Valid
N70455	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-08	Valid
N92685	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2010-04-08	Valid
N94967	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2010-04-07	Valid
N2618E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2010-04-05	Valid
N83241	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2010-04-05	Valid
N45847	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southwest Aero Tech LLC Punta Gorda, Florida	Standard	2010-03-30	Valid
N81758	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-03-29	Valid
N6407H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Slebodnik Joseph G Greenfild Twp, Pennsylvania	Standard	2010-03-17	Valid
N77988	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2010-03-10	Valid
N31373	Aeronca 65-TL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-03-05	Valid
N37400	Interstate S-1A-65F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Skywagon Aero LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2010-03-03	Valid
N2213K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-03-02	Valid
N42FU	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2010-03-02	Valid
N98157	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2010-02-24	Valid
N83729	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2010-02-04	Valid
N1049	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2010-01-27	Valid
N24383	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-01-27	Valid
N82042	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2010-01-27	Valid
N41026	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Five Star Marketing INC Raleigh, North Carolina	Standard	2010-01-26	Valid
N3585E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-01-19	Valid
N71919	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Professional Pilots INC Lowell, Indiana	Standard	2010-01-07	Valid
N70419	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	N70419 LLC Manchester, Michigan	Standard	2009-12-23	Valid
N3260N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2009-12-22	Valid
N92RT	Trom Ronald FLY BABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2009-12-17	Valid
N92164	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2009-12-11	Valid
N31499	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2009-11-20	Valid
N44061	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2009-11-20	Valid
N29840	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2009-11-19	Valid
N32673	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2009-11-18	Valid
N45518	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2009-11-17	Valid
N4597M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2009-11-17	Valid
N45635	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-11-10	Valid
N29705	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2009-11-04	Valid
N84160	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Jersey	Standard	2009-11-03	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.