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
N70862	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2008-04-29	Valid
N71236	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-04-24	Valid
N44303	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying L Aircraft INC Fort Denaud, Florida	Standard	2008-04-23	Valid
N2331K	Luscombe 8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Professional Pilots INC Lowell, Indiana	Standard	2008-04-14	Valid
N66620	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2008-04-04	Valid
N70385	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2008-03-26	Valid
N70528	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2008-03-21	Valid
N29682	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2008-03-11	Valid
N88299	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2008-02-29	Valid
N2794E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2008-02-27	Valid
N42950	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2008-02-19	Valid
N95292	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2008-02-15	Valid
N42493	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Farley Bobby Joe Lawton, Oklahoma	Standard	2008-02-14	Valid
N1084E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	None on file	2008-02-13	Valid
N1751E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2008-02-12	Valid
N3660E	Aeronca 11BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-02-09	Valid
N3236E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2008-02-07	Valid
N197H	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2008-02-04	Valid
N6704H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2008-02-04	Valid
N1542N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vintage Aero Collection INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2008-01-22	Valid
N51934	Woods SMITH MINIPLANE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2008-01-10	Valid
N84016	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plane Trail LLC Mccook, Nebraska	Standard	2008-01-10	Valid
N98286	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stewarts Aircraft Service INC Waynesville, Ohio	Standard	2008-01-10	Valid
N35550	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2008-01-08	Valid
N42840	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2008-01-03	Valid
N30627	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-12-20	Valid
N86186	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-12-06	Valid
N98696	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2007-12-05	Valid
N29745	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-12-01	Valid
N38266	Piper J3F-60	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2007-12-01	Valid
N86033	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lingo Hartlage and Dale LLC Kokomo, Indiana	Standard	2007-11-30	Valid
N2130E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2007-11-29	Valid
N2764C	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2007-11-29	Valid
N88684	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Restricted	2007-11-29	Valid
N28754	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-11-28	Valid
N33818	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cjr Wings LLC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	Standard	2007-11-28	Valid
N9574E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2007-11-27	Valid
N24371	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2007-11-26	Valid
N43894	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2007-11-14	Valid
N1358E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-11-08	Valid
N71519	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-11-08	Valid
N1452N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-11-06	Valid
N87772	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-11-02	Valid
N3377D	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2007-10-31	Valid
N9502E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2007-10-18	Valid
N23135	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-10-16	Valid
N84976	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2007-10-12	Valid
N32340	Porterfield CP-55	Fixed-wing, single engine	Light Aircraft Services Lc Joplin, Missouri	Standard	2007-10-11	Valid
N24852	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2007-10-04	Valid
N84873	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-10-04	Valid
N86112	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2007-09-15	Valid
N24935	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cavanaugh Air LLC Addison, Texas	Standard	2007-09-14	Valid
N85057	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2007-09-11	Valid
N36935	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-09-06	Valid
N35524	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2007-08-25	Valid
N85109	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2007-08-24	Valid
N85762	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airknockers LLC Godley, Texas	Standard	2007-08-09	Valid
N45897	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2007-08-01	Valid
N43465	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2007-07-31	Valid
N9167E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2007-07-31	Valid
N6386H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2007-07-28	Valid
N83388	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2007-07-28	Valid
N3284E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2007-07-26	Valid
N9252E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2007-07-26	Valid
N28428	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-07-19	Valid
N28580	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2007-07-19	Valid
N122JT	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2007-07-18	Valid
N77507	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2007-07-18	Valid
N96884	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2007-07-16	Valid
N1973E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2007-07-09	Valid
N47454	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-06-26	Valid
N94976	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2007-06-26	Valid
N1817	Anderson Louis CORBEN ACE D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southtec INC Wilmington, Delaware	Experimental	2007-06-25	Valid
N44175	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2007-06-25	Valid
N51574	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2007-06-21	Valid
N81431	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2007-06-14	Valid
N1360K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2007-06-13	Valid
N86328	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2007-06-11	Valid
N82766	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Midway Aviation CO Plant City, Florida	Standard	2007-06-06	Valid
N28404	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2007-06-04	Valid
N61807	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-06-04	Valid
N92647	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2007-06-04	Valid
N71826	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bemidji Aviation Services INC Bemidji, Minnesota	Standard	2007-06-01	Valid
N85413	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-06-01	Valid
N4865M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2007-05-21	Valid
N3919E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-05-14	Valid
N47478	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2007-05-14	Valid
N521B	Bryant PAZMANY PL-4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2007-05-11	Valid
N98700	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2007-05-10	Valid
N87863	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2007-05-09	Valid
N110WP	Woodys Pusher WAS-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2007-05-08	Valid
N1215N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2007-05-08	Valid
N29696	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2007-05-07	Valid
N1824E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2007-05-05	Valid
N2907E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2007-05-05	Valid
N92407	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2007-05-05	Valid
N24068	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2007-05-04	Valid
N83409	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2007-05-04	Valid
N32908	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2007-05-02	Valid
N42901	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aviation Business CORP Saint Louis, Missouri	Standard	2007-04-26	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.