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
N2151M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-12-11	Valid
N92630	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2008-12-09	Valid
N85397	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kyle e Rich INC Sumner, Iowa	Standard	2008-12-08	Valid
N899TC	Cunningham Timothy B PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2008-12-04	Valid
N96043	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2008-12-04	Valid
N99LC	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2008-11-25	Valid
N92615	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2008-11-24	Valid
N4141E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2008-11-18	Valid
N84673	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2008-11-12	Valid
N6547H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-11-04	Valid
N96727	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2008-11-04	Valid
N33555	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2008-10-31	Valid
N95526	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2008-10-31	Valid
N92678	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kriebel Brice C Chicora, Pennsylvania	Standard	2008-10-29	Valid
N71230	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2008-10-22	Valid
N85262	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2008-10-21	Valid
N92268	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tennessee Aviation Services LLC Sevierville, Tennessee	Standard	2008-10-14	Valid
N96111	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2008-10-07	Valid
N32967	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2008-09-30	Valid
N6362H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2008-09-29	Valid
N77841	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Delaware Sport Flyers INC Farmland, Indiana	Standard	2008-09-29	Valid
N5149B	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Envisage LLC Virginia Beach, Virginia	Standard	2008-09-25	Valid
N85288	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2008-09-25	Valid
N39041	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2008-09-24	Valid
N4830H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2008-09-24	Valid
N31194	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2008-09-23	Valid
N83606	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2008-09-22	Valid
N84739	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2008-09-17	Valid
N7229R	Elredge Stephen D AIRCAMPER SDE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Experimental	2008-09-16	Valid
N9530E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2008-09-15	Valid
N2969K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2008-09-12	Valid
N71997	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2008-09-12	Valid
N2064E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2008-09-11	Valid
N32629	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2008-09-10	Valid
N45755	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2008-09-09	Valid
N1444W	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2008-09-04	Valid
N29889	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2008-09-02	Valid
N33554	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2008-08-28	Valid
N6330H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aas LLC Ovid, Michigan	Standard	2008-08-28	Valid
N4883H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2008-08-26	Valid
N98517	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2008-08-26	Valid
N3514E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2008-08-22	Valid
N77887	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2008-08-22	Valid
N715SP	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2008-08-21	Valid
N88295	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2008-08-21	Valid
N98627	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner West Virginia	Standard	2008-08-21	Valid
N2600E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-08-20	Valid
N2956K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2008-08-19	Valid
N71767	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-08-19	Valid
N6574H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-08-14	Valid
N42736	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rsa Group INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2008-08-13	Valid
N43864	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2008-08-13	Valid
N44239	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2008-08-13	Valid
N7367H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2008-08-11	Valid
N38320	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Grecor LLC Ashville, Alabama	Standard	2008-08-08	Valid
N5208M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2008-08-08	Valid
N95276	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2008-08-08	Valid
N1965E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2008-08-04	Valid
N1267E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2008-08-01	Valid
N83837	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2008-08-01	Valid
N198K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Delaware	Standard	2008-07-31	Valid
N81735	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2008-07-31	Valid
N54469	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2008-07-29	Valid
N1187E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2008-07-28	Valid
N95856	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Linn Ron Stanfield, Oregon	Standard	2008-07-23	Valid
N2394E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-07-22	Valid
N6131H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2008-07-22	Valid
N3162E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2008-07-18	Valid
N1294M	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Posey Brothers INC Pipersville, Pennsylvania	Standard	2008-07-17	Valid
N2156M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2008-07-16	Valid
N98872	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2008-07-15	Valid
N21506	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2008-07-14	Valid
N95MF	Goldberg Mark FLY BABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2008-07-14	Valid
N2940	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2008-07-09	Valid
N47608	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mid Atlantic Air Museum Reading, Pennsylvania	Standard	2008-07-09	Valid
N4096	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-07-07	Valid
N86089	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2008-07-07	Valid
N83258	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2008-06-30	Valid
N46544	Taylorcraft L-2M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2008-06-20	Valid
N83189	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2008-06-20	Valid
N1365K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2008-06-19	Valid
N85226	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2008-06-18	Valid
N82589	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2008-06-17	Valid
N83824	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2008-06-17	Valid
N1027E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2008-06-13	Valid
N3071E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hendrickson Flying Service INC Rochelle, Illinois	Standard	2008-06-06	Valid
N71942	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Distant Horizons LLC Irondale, Alabama	Standard	2008-06-06	Valid
N43315	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Kraft Spraying INC Timber Lake, South Dakota	Standard	2008-06-05	Valid
N43463	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2008-06-03	Valid
N44182	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2008-06-03	Valid
N5483M	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2008-05-22	Valid
N84610	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2008-05-22	Valid
N5EX	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-05-20	Valid
N98778	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2008-05-19	Valid
N37432	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2008-05-09	Valid
N39992	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2008-05-09	Valid
N96463	Taylorcraft BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2008-05-09	Valid
N9033E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2008-05-05	Valid
N86314	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2008-05-01	Valid
N2348E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2008-04-30	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.