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
N83515	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2004-07-30	Valid
N98698	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2004-07-15	Valid
N98681	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2004-07-14	Valid
N36524	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2004-07-08	Valid
N86252	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2004-07-07	Valid
N4673M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2004-07-02	Valid
N71046	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2004-06-16	Valid
N9083E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2004-06-07	Valid
N23925	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Johnson Scott W Milan, Michigan	Standard	2004-06-03	Valid
N9229E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2004-06-02	Valid
N34237	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2004-05-24	Valid
N33115	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Barreto Brian C Lebanon, Oregon	Standard	2004-05-20	Valid
N51538	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sky Cruisers INC South Barrington, Illinois	Standard	2004-05-18	Valid
N24926	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2004-05-17	Valid
N3328N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Maryland	Standard	2004-05-13	Valid
N78619	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Multiple	2004-05-11	Valid
N18235	Johnson JCB-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Experimental	2004-05-04	Valid
N51565	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2004-04-27	Valid
N86185	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2004-04-27	Valid
N83143	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2004-04-26	Valid
N9665E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2004-04-23	Valid
N22116	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ishawooa Air LLC Cody, Wyoming	Standard	2004-04-19	Valid
N46040	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2004-04-19	Valid
N43913	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2004-04-08	Valid
N98096	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2004-04-08	Valid
N40811	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2004-04-07	Valid
N43384	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2004-03-24	Valid
N71492	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2004-03-20	Valid
N3548K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2004-03-10	Valid
N33947	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2004-02-24	Valid
N37414	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Standard	2004-02-23	Valid
N49304	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2004-02-23	Valid
N2248M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2004-02-11	Valid
N84733	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Base CORP Central City, Nebraska	Standard	2004-02-04	Valid
N37081	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2004-02-02	Valid
N23067	Luscombe 8C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2004-01-30	Valid
N43093	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2004-01-30	Valid
N48528	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2004-01-28	Valid
N71918	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2004-01-22	Valid
N39111	Taylorcraft BF12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2004-01-14	Valid
N22966	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2004-01-05	Valid
N3642E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2003-12-29	Valid
N86136	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2003-12-29	Valid
N29689	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-12-22	Valid
N71505	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-12-15	Valid
N29688	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Louisiana	Standard	2003-12-08	Valid
N6164H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2003-12-06	Valid
N2097E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	G&J Aviation Services INC Maryland Heights, Missouri	Standard	2003-12-05	Valid
N77842	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2003-12-01	Valid
N4161	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plyler Aviation LP Sherman, Texas	Standard	2003-11-24	Valid
N43255	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2003-11-24	Valid
N35209	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	J-3 Cub Assn Geneseo, Illinois	Standard	2003-11-22	Valid
N3390E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2003-11-20	Valid
N4124	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2003-11-19	Valid
N3463K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Barnes Fixed Wing LLC Pella, Iowa	Standard	2003-11-17	Valid
N45906	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2003-11-08	Valid
N80100	Thompson Darrel D SUMMIT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Experimental	2003-11-05	Valid
N96917	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2003-11-03	Valid
N4333W	Aery William M WAG-AERO SPT TRNR J3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Czech Enterprises LTD Perrysville, Ohio	Experimental	2003-10-27	Valid
N3429K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2003-10-23	Valid
N85888	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2003-10-20	Valid
N2707A	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2003-10-16	Valid
N9645E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2003-10-14	Valid
N92487	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Mississippi	Standard	2003-10-02	Valid
N42220	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2003-10-01	Valid
N95202	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2003-09-29	Valid
N58920	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-09-23	Valid
N58378	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Multiple	2003-09-22	Valid
N2472E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Low & Slow LLC Warner Robins, Georgia	Standard	2003-09-08	Valid
N5180M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2003-09-05	Valid
N70254	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2003-09-04	Valid
N4312	Pietenpol AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Experimental	2003-09-03	Valid
N60PW	Orlando Joseph P PIETENPOL SKYSCOUT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Afmr INC Dover, Delaware	Experimental	2003-09-03	Valid
N84123	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2003-08-29	Valid
N70109	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Port Townsend Aero Museum Port Townsend, Washington	Standard	2003-08-22	Valid
N2084L	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2003-08-21	Valid
N45493	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2003-08-11	Valid
N478M	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2003-08-11	Valid
N82205	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2003-08-05	Valid
N899DE	Emch Donald R PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2003-08-04	Valid
N222SK	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2003-08-01	Valid
N77808	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2003-08-01	Valid
N30323	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2003-07-31	Valid
N96649	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2003-07-31	Valid
N45610	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-07-22	Valid
N71486	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-07-10	Valid
N2948E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wings & Wine INC Euclid, Ohio	Standard	2003-07-01	Valid
N95716	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2003-06-19	Valid
N82799	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2003-06-18	Valid
N1890E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2003-06-12	Valid
N3114E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-06-09	Valid
N67626	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2003-06-06	Valid
N899JP	Phillips John C PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2003-06-05	Valid
N43092	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2003-06-03	Valid
N98225	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2003-06-03	Valid
N4227U	Johnson Carl A BABY GREAT LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kansas Aviation Museum Wichita, Kansas	Experimental	2003-05-30	Valid
N88592	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-05-29	Valid
N9193E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2003-05-28	Valid
N4148	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2003-05-22	Valid
N1977B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2003-05-21	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.