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
N5048M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2009-10-29	Valid
N85223	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2009-10-29	Valid
N84966	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2009-10-26	Valid
N23974	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2009-10-22	Valid
N48088	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-10-14	Valid
N2504E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2009-10-09	Valid
N9201E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2009-10-08	Valid
N42181	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2009-10-07	Valid
N26074	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Davenport Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2009-10-06	Valid
N3168E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2009-10-05	Valid
N48311	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2009-10-01	Valid
N175K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2009-09-28	Valid
N32957	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2009-09-28	Valid
N75772	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2009-09-28	Valid
N95959	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2009-09-28	Valid
N33942	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2009-09-22	Valid
N82655	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2009-09-22	Valid
N95290	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2009-09-22	Valid
N36354	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-09-16	Valid
N92274	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2009-09-08	Valid
N21478	Piper J3C-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2009-09-04	Valid
N85856	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-09-02	Valid
N1265V	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2009-08-24	Valid
N13011	Karner Gary C-3 AERONCA REPRODCT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Miller Steve L Naperville, Illinois	Experimental	2009-08-21	Valid
N85227	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Seesholtz Bros INC Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania	Standard	2009-08-20	Valid
N48686	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2009-08-19	Valid
N3066E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2009-08-18	Valid
N1936	Lamb BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2009-08-17	Valid
N2403E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-08-17	Valid
N2750K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2009-08-14	Valid
N2443E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2009-08-11	Valid
N83035	Champion AERONCA 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2009-08-11	Valid
N24649	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2009-07-29	Valid
N28094	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-07-20	Valid
N2216E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-07-09	Valid
N4117	Mooney Mite Aircraft Corp. M-18	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-07-08	Valid
N21239	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River, Oregon	Standard	2009-06-30	Valid
N43112	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2009-06-29	Valid
N6926J	Ingebrigtson John PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Experimental	2009-06-16	Valid
N83191	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2009-06-16	Valid
N98085	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2009-06-16	Valid
N2875E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2009-06-15	Valid
N38524	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2009-06-11	Valid
N6867H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-06-11	Valid
N10492	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-06-09	Valid
N96986	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2009-06-08	Valid
N8494B	Looker Derek A MINI ACE CA61	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Experimental	2009-06-05	Valid
N7175H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Charlie Lima LLC New Iberia, Louisiana	Standard	2009-06-03	Valid
N9036E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-06-02	Valid
N2189E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2009-06-01	Valid
N71524	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2009-05-20	Valid
N71574	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Almena State Bank Almena, Kansas	Standard	2009-05-19	Valid
N8710R	Dangler Stits Playboy SA3A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2009-05-19	Valid
N6625H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2009-05-14	Valid
N94982	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2009-05-14	Valid
N92364	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-05-13	Valid
N3630E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2009-05-12	Valid
N85828	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2009-05-07	Valid
N77838	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2009-04-24	Valid
N84405	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2009-04-24	Valid
N28424	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2009-04-23	Valid
N6017H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2009-04-21	Valid
N85440	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-04-21	Valid
N28905	Luscombe 8C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2009-04-15	Valid
N7272H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-04-15	Valid
N50381	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2009-04-10	Valid
N85255	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-04-07	Valid
N2387E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2009-04-02	Valid
N26608	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2009-04-02	Valid
N38803	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	R&R Hays CORP Cody, Wyoming	Standard	2009-03-27	Valid
N84723	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2009-03-24	Valid
N1898E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2009-03-12	Valid
N29734	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2009-03-12	Valid
N1087K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2009-03-09	Valid
N1438N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2009-03-09	Valid
N43462	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2009-03-09	Valid
N22657	Taylorcraft BC12D-85	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mountain Air Cody, Wyoming	Standard	2009-03-03	Valid
N5061M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	2009-03-03	Valid
N83581	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	N83581 LLC Manassas, Virginia	Standard	2009-02-13	Valid
N47727	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2009-02-05	Valid
N33240	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2009-02-04	Valid
N1663E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2009-02-03	Valid
N85849	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2009-02-03	Valid
N70626	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2009-02-02	Valid
N47373	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cavanaugh Flight Museum Denison, Texas	Standard	2009-01-29	Valid
N48832	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2009-01-29	Valid
N7206H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2009-01-29	Valid
N42346	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2009-01-23	Valid
N98780	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-01-21	Valid
N1438K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2009-01-20	Valid
N70446	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2009-01-20	Valid
N29477	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	None on file	2009-01-07	Valid
N43901	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2009-01-06	Valid
N77893	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2009-01-06	Valid
N24503	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2009-01-02	Valid
N81451	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2008-12-23	Valid
N2768E	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-12-19	Valid
N2318E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Giblinski LLC Sedgwick, Kansas	Standard	2008-12-18	Valid
N2259K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Silvaire Aviation LLC Danville, Indiana	Standard	2008-12-16	Valid
N1353M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2008-12-11	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.