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
N1380K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2003-05-20	Valid
N36058	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	007 Dusting INC La Junta, Colorado	Standard	2003-05-16	Valid
N24347	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-05-15	Valid
N96501	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2003-05-15	Valid
N44039	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2003-05-14	Valid
N95699	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2003-05-14	Valid
N83250	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2003-05-09	Valid
N1310E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eaglet Flight Operations LP Fort Worth, Texas	Standard	2003-05-01	Valid
N22173	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Spirit of Haughton INC Shreveport, Louisiana	Standard	2003-04-30	Valid
N4176G	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2003-03-28	Valid
N3461K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2003-03-26	Valid
N43940	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2003-03-25	Valid
N51561	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2003-03-25	Valid
N32615	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2003-03-17	Valid
N96165	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-07	Valid
N74334	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2003-03-05	Valid
N37946	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2003-03-04	Valid
N67755	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-02-25	Valid
N46899	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2003-02-24	Valid
N2122E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2003-02-18	Valid
N9734E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-02-12	Valid
N3253N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Comanche Warbirds INC Houston, Texas	Standard	2003-02-10	Valid
N71891	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2003-02-10	Valid
N4675H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2003-02-07	Valid
N30890	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2003-01-30	Valid
N46304	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2003-01-28	Valid
N82135	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2003-01-16	Valid
N21668	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2003-01-15	Valid
N3519N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2003-01-09	Valid
N1669E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2003-01-07	Valid
N82258	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Heffley Todd e Rhome, Texas	Standard	2003-01-06	Valid
N5184M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2002-12-31	Valid
N127KM	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Mobil INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2002-12-18	Valid
N99PK	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2002-12-18	Valid
N34499	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2002-12-02	Valid
N3189E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-27	Valid
N37938	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2002-11-25	Valid
N85225	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2002-11-22	Valid
N21504	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2002-11-19	Valid
N96497	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tri City INC Aulander, North Carolina	Standard	2002-11-19	Valid
N78613	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2002-11-18	Valid
N2603E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2002-11-08	Valid
N86219	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2002-10-29	Valid
N6030H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2002-10-18	Valid
N83800	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2002-10-01	Valid
N2178M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2002-09-26	Valid
N518EP	Daniels Ty AIRCAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2002-09-24	Valid
N22951	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-09-20	Valid
N3740E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2002-09-18	Valid
N6795H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2002-09-13	Valid
N96383	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2002-09-10	Valid
N742TB	Young BOWERS FLYBABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Experimental	2002-09-06	Valid
N2773E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2002-09-05	Valid
N71603	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2002-09-04	Valid
N1219E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plyler Aviation LP Sherman, Texas	Standard	2002-09-03	Valid
N87953	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2002-08-28	Valid
N1907E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Investment CO INC Casselton, North Dakota	Standard	2002-08-26	Valid
N2611E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jones Brenda S Livingston, Texas	Standard	2002-08-26	Valid
N95885	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2002-08-23	Valid
N7157H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2002-08-22	Valid
N43920	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2002-08-15	Valid
N20277	Rhodes Michael BOWERS FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2002-08-08	Valid
N4209K	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2002-08-05	Valid
N285HN	Nichols Hollis WAG-AERO SPORT TRNR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2002-07-26	Valid
N24393	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2002-07-17	Valid
N98394	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2002-07-09	Valid
N1237K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-07-02	Valid
N51502	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-06-25	Valid
N44012	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2002-06-24	Valid
N95378	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2002-06-20	Valid
N1534N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2002-06-19	Valid
N49152	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2002-06-18	Valid
N35756	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2002-06-14	Valid
N85344	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2002-06-14	Valid
N98227	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-06-11	Valid
N45653	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2002-06-07	Valid
N2914E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2002-05-31	Valid
N87787	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alamo Liaison Group DBA San Antonio, Texas	Standard	2002-05-29	Valid
N946TW	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2002-05-29	Valid
N98333	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Multiple	2002-05-16	Valid
N24035	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2002-05-10	Valid
N35160	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2002-05-10	Valid
N20343	Taylor-Young A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2002-05-02	Valid
N4328E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2002-05-02	Valid
N22164	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2002-05-01	Valid
N7659E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2002-05-01	Valid
N9119E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2002-04-30	Valid
N81403	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-04-29	Valid
N50449	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2002-04-26	Valid
N2555E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2002-04-23	Valid
N61527	Rupeka Richard FISHER CLASSIC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2002-04-22	Valid
N3475K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2002-04-15	Valid
N42964	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-04-09	Valid
N9805Y	Champion 7FC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2002-03-29	Valid
N28001	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2002-03-05	Valid
N84736	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2002-03-04	Valid
N27499	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2002-03-01	Valid
N2541E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2002-02-27	Valid
N1400K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-02-21	Valid
N28004	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2002-02-21	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.