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
N23495	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2006-05-17	Valid
N95598	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2006-05-15	Valid
N92404	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2006-05-12	Valid
N4075V	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2006-05-04	Valid
N2182E	Aeronca S7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2006-05-01	Valid
N84334	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2006-05-01	Valid
N57994	Davis DA-5	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2006-04-28	Valid
N96916	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2006-04-25	Valid
N6399H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2006-04-17	Valid
N70031	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2006-04-17	Valid
N82658	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2006-04-17	Valid
N62053	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Hawaii	Standard	2006-04-13	Valid
N78405	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2006-04-10	Valid
N4855H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2006-04-06	Valid
N21687	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2006-04-03	Valid
N96759	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2006-03-27	Valid
N70372	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mcth Fly II LLC Delray Beach, Florida	Standard	2006-03-22	Valid
N42501	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2006-03-20	Valid
N85383	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2006-03-14	Valid
N82159	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2006-03-13	Valid
N624DD	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2006-03-10	Valid
N95254	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2006-03-03	Valid
N20690	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2006-02-28	Valid
N2207M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2006-02-21	Valid
N43634	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Experimental	2006-02-16	Valid
N25396	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2006-02-10	Valid
N6356H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2006-02-07	Valid
N78686	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Maryland	Standard	2006-02-07	Valid
N28162	Piper J3F-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2006-02-01	Valid
N81508	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Engler Aviation LLC Bad Axe, Michigan	Standard	2006-01-27	Valid
N5492N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Robar Aircraft INC Griffin, Georgia	Standard	2006-01-26	Valid
N44173	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2006-01-23	Valid
N437GR	Rotter FLY BABY 1-A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2006-01-19	Valid
N84121	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2006-01-19	Valid
N31454	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2006-01-12	Valid
N50392	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2006-01-12	Valid
N27894	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2006-01-11	Valid
N84626	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Hawaii	Standard	2006-01-11	Valid
N77817	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2006-01-10	Valid
N28784	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2005-12-29	Valid
N4891	Little Jewel N-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2005-12-23	Valid
N95668	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2005-12-14	Valid
N36889	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2005-12-12	Valid
N100CR	Luscombe 8D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2005-12-08	Valid
N3613K	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2005-12-08	Valid
N98665	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2005-12-08	Valid
N39552	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Clear Prop LLC Muskogee, Oklahoma	Standard	2005-12-07	Valid
N77EM	Mcconnell-Evans BOWERS FLY BABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2005-12-07	Valid
N85082	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2005-12-01	Valid
N4068	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-11-30	Valid
N41165	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-11-21	Valid
N57WJ	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2005-11-18	Valid
N82637	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2005-11-15	Valid
N4189	Mooney M-18C 55	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pdk Ventures INC Dacula, Georgia	Standard	2005-11-03	Valid
N27183	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2005-11-02	Valid
N28318	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2005-11-01	Valid
N665WC	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2005-10-26	Valid
N9621E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2005-10-21	Valid
N1264K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2005-10-20	Valid
N33851	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ropp Dorothy e Drummond Island, Michigan	Standard	2005-10-19	Valid
N88170	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Restricted	2005-10-19	Valid
N9051E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2005-10-19	Valid
N94951	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2005-10-19	Valid
N29EG	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Egmond Aircraft LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2005-10-18	Valid
N84029	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2005-10-18	Valid
N3084E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2005-10-03	Valid
N27969	Moon Marcus D PARASON MDM-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2005-09-28	Valid
N3617N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2005-09-27	Valid
N31129	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2005-09-26	Valid
N86374	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2005-09-22	Valid
N32884	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2005-09-21	Valid
N84319	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Connell Flying Service INC Decorah, Iowa	Standard	2005-09-21	Valid
N84126	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Three J Flying LLC West Des Moines, Iowa	Standard	2005-09-20	Valid
N23115	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2005-08-29	Valid
N21223	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2005-08-24	Valid
N5018M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-08-24	Valid
N1822E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2005-08-23	Valid
N70255	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2005-08-22	Valid
N71523	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2005-08-17	Valid
N87924	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2005-08-17	Valid
N35499	Piper J3C-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2005-08-11	Valid
N70670	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2005-08-11	Valid
N1225K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2005-08-09	Valid
N3499N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2005-08-04	Valid
N45750	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2005-08-02	Valid
N38348	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-08-01	Valid
N9308E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2005-08-01	Valid
N55348	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2005-07-29	Valid
N92334	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2005-07-28	Valid
N84728	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-07-19	Valid
N9003L	Taylorcraft BCS12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2005-07-08	Valid
N43855	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2005-07-07	Valid
N96530	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-06-29	Valid
N5JS	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ragwing Flying Club LLC Des Allemands, Louisiana	Standard	2005-06-27	Valid
N4682H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	N4682H INC Jacksonville, Florida	Standard	2005-06-17	Valid
N96812	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Utah	Standard	2005-06-15	Valid
N70652	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2005-06-10	Valid
N96721	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2005-06-02	Valid
N71945	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2005-06-01	Valid
N7201B	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2005-05-25	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.