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
N60FU	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	R & N Associates World Wide INC Port Orange, Florida	Standard	2002-02-21	Valid
N6609N	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Orvin Sanden INC Wyndmere, North Dakota	Standard	2002-02-21	Valid
N6879H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2002-02-20	Valid
N31886	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2002-02-04	Valid
N805J	American Eaglecraft EAGLET A-31-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2002-01-23	Valid
N2811E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2002-01-16	Valid
N44467	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kentucky	Standard	2002-01-03	Valid
N86342	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2001-12-18	Valid
N43211	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2001-12-13	Valid
N5235M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2001-12-12	Valid
N32642	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-11-30	Valid
N48145	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Port Townsend Aero Museum Port Townsend, Washington	Standard	2001-11-29	Valid
N22380	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2001-11-19	Valid
N2193E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2001-11-14	Valid
N2126M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2001-11-13	Valid
N2563E	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2001-11-09	Valid
N1126K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2001-11-08	Valid
N41231	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2001-10-24	Valid
N25045	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2001-10-22	Valid
N7137H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2001-10-16	Valid
N43145	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2001-10-15	Valid
N45411	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2001-10-12	Valid
N2406E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2001-10-10	Valid
N2451E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Carolina	Standard	2001-10-10	Valid
N92446	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2001-09-24	Valid
N81445	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2001-09-21	Valid
N82620	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Debonair Consulting INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2001-09-21	Valid
N1557	Corben E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Experimental	2001-09-18	Valid
N27900	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2001-09-18	Valid
N84618	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2001-09-18	Valid
N3224E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-09-12	Valid
N4964M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2001-09-12	Valid
N84328	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2001-09-12	Valid
N36322	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2001-09-10	Valid
N2354K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2001-09-05	Valid
N85364	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Rhode Island	Standard	2001-09-05	Valid
N43784	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2001-09-04	Valid
N1196K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2001-08-24	Valid
N1700E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2001-08-23	Valid
N224L	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blissfield Flight Club INC Blissfield, Michigan	Standard	2001-08-16	Valid
N70985	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2001-08-13	Valid
N96466	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2001-08-08	Valid
N82098	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2001-07-23	Valid
N87861	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2001-07-19	Valid
N47237	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2001-07-18	Valid
N9662E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2001-07-18	Valid
N95805	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2001-07-10	Valid
N95830	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vogen Jeffrey L Newark, Illinois	Standard	2001-07-10	Valid
N3901E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2001-07-03	Valid
N6334H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2001-07-02	Valid
N77909	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2001-06-29	Valid
N2066K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	May-U Airways LLC Saint Clair Shores, Michigan	Standard	2001-06-25	Valid
N31413	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2001-06-20	Valid
N92601	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-06-16	Valid
N16687	Duncan FLYBABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2001-06-14	Valid
N38035	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2001-06-12	Valid
N82771	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2001-06-08	Valid
N9830E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2001-05-31	Valid
N83842	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2001-05-25	Valid
N4152	Mooney M-18C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mountain Air INC Quincy, California	Standard	2001-05-22	Valid
N82003	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bugsmashers INC San Miguel, California	Standard	2001-05-17	Valid
N70744	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2001-05-15	Valid
N7170H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nc7170H Partners Aston, Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-05-11	Valid
N83791	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2001-05-07	Valid
N1109K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-04-30	Valid
N1300E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2001-04-28	Valid
N22074	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2001-04-27	Valid
N1344E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2001-04-25	Valid
N98259	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2001-04-24	Valid
N3261N	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Carolina	Standard	2001-04-18	Valid
N31035	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2001-04-10	Valid
N96131	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-04-09	Valid
N25164	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2001-04-02	Valid
N3614K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2001-03-28	Valid
N39900	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2001-03-28	Valid
N66713	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2001-03-28	Valid
N94952	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2001-02-27	Valid
N81539	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2001-02-26	Valid
N515SF	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2001-02-22	Valid
N39012	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2001-02-14	Valid
N7149H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2001-01-24	Valid
N23688	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2001-01-23	Valid
N37323	Interstate S-1A-65F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2001-01-22	Valid
N6095H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-01-19	Valid
N21631	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2001-01-17	Valid
N98868	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2001-01-12	Valid
N70891	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Guyair INC Saint Charles, Missouri	Standard	2001-01-09	Valid
N21069	Aeronca KCA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2001-01-08	Valid
N33048	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2001-01-08	Valid
N21226	Taylorcraft BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2001-01-05	Valid
N5482M	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2001-01-05	Valid
N84304	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2000-12-22	Valid
N35576	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2000-12-20	Valid
N47385	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gehrlein Jay L Waterford, Pennsylvania	Standard	2000-12-16	Valid
N71189	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2000-12-15	Valid
N38093	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2000-12-05	Valid
N5207M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2000-11-29	Valid
N5169	Pasterski-Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2000-11-21	Valid
N96834	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2000-11-07	Valid
N28473	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2000-10-26	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.