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
N45435	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	1993-01-29	Valid
N86081	Sensor VP-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	1993-01-29	Valid
N6112H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1993-01-27	Valid
N2106M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1993-01-22	Valid
N98133	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pearlman Aircraft CO Orlando, Florida	Standard	1993-01-21	Valid
N96662	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kentucky	Standard	1993-01-14	Valid
N9814E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1993-01-13	Valid
N3303N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	1993-01-11	Valid
N2573E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1992-12-28	Valid
N2226M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	1992-12-23	Valid
N45564	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	1992-12-23	Valid
N3580N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Multiple	1992-12-22	Valid
N71436	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1992-12-10	Valid
N2015B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1992-12-09	Valid
N21834	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	1992-12-08	Valid
N43290	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stephenson R Glen Southport, North Carolina	Standard	1992-12-02	Valid
N3208P	Urbahn John BOWERS FLY BABY 1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	1992-11-25	Valid
N2992K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1992-11-19	Valid
N96850	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1992-11-19	Valid
N42442	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	1992-11-18	Valid
N98421	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1992-11-16	Valid
N30613	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1992-11-04	Valid
N84591	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1992-10-06	Valid
N95209	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1992-10-05	Valid
N85919	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1992-10-02	Valid
N5990P	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1992-09-30	Valid
N48696	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	1992-09-28	Valid
N86278	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	1992-09-22	Valid
N42809	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1992-08-20	Valid
N95735	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1992-08-20	Valid
N71819	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1992-08-18	Valid
N1724E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1992-08-14	Valid
N92300	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1992-08-13	Valid
N29590	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	1992-07-24	Valid
N3383E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1992-06-30	Valid
N2158K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1992-06-15	Valid
N54981	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1992-06-03	Valid
N3063E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	1992-06-02	Valid
N40841	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1992-05-14	Valid
N5045M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	1992-05-13	Valid
N3662K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	1992-05-12	Valid
N96538	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1992-04-25	Valid
N42140	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1992-04-21	Valid
N3403N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Piper Pig Flying Club INC Storm Lake, Iowa	Standard	1992-04-16	Valid
N6673H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Poplar Grove Airmotive INC Poplar Grove, Illinois	Standard	1992-04-02	Valid
N82789	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1992-04-01	Valid
N88242	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Depoy Lowell Salem, Indiana	Standard	1992-03-25	Valid
N56TD	Piper-Dahl J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1992-03-23	Valid
N81679	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1992-03-20	Valid
N1496E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	1992-03-16	Valid
N1184B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	1992-03-11	Valid
N30504	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1992-03-11	Valid
N88333	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1992-03-11	Valid
N86380	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	1992-03-03	Valid
N84158	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1992-03-02	Valid
N73515	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1992-02-27	Valid
N47427	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Museum of Flight Foundation Seattle, Washington	Standard	1992-02-26	Valid
N4339	Stabler-Bowers Fly Baby 1-A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Museum of Flight Foundation Seattle, Washington	Experimental	1992-02-25	Valid
N27280	Porterfield CP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1992-02-24	Valid
N1053Y	Miller W T MILLER TM-5	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Experimental	1992-02-21	Valid
N21083	Aeronca KCA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1992-02-19	Valid
N42170	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1992-02-12	Valid
N36060	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	1992-01-27	Valid
N21864	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	1992-01-24	Valid
N95917	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1992-01-22	Expired
N71923	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1992-01-21	Valid
N47461	Aeronca YO-58	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1992-01-06	Valid
N5210M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	1991-12-26	Valid
N85931	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1991-12-19	Valid
N67635	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	1991-12-05	Valid
N39095	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1991-11-22	Valid
N95827	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1991-11-21	Valid
N53534	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Clark Aircraft Repair INC Keokuk, Iowa	Standard	1991-11-19	Valid
N42074	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1991-11-15	Valid
N6272H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1991-10-30	Valid
N41933	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	1991-10-21	Valid
N11VW	Miles Robert SMITH TRIKE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	1991-10-16	Valid
N70514	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1991-10-09	Valid
N96535	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1991-10-08	Valid
N43189	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1991-10-01	Valid
N33989	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gorreck August A Lisbon, Connecticut	Standard	1991-09-30	Valid
N42107	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1991-09-30	Valid
N2178E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1991-09-26	Valid
N4173	Mooney M-18C 55	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-09-18	Valid
N53768	Taylorcraft L-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum INC Dallas, Texas	Standard	1991-09-06	Valid
N36681	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Dallas, Texas	Standard	1991-09-05	Valid
N40641	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Restricted	1991-08-27	Valid
N2026M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1991-08-19	Valid
N7047N	Prisel Ralph E BORDEM FIGHTER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	1991-08-19	Valid
N48603	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1991-08-15	Valid
N1281E	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Glanz William L Central, Alaska	Standard	1991-08-09	Valid
N3465E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1991-08-08	Valid
N40615	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stadel Aircraft INC Yuba City, California	Standard	1991-08-07	Valid
N9276E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1991-08-03	Valid
N23812	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1991-08-01	Valid
N81716	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1991-07-24	Valid
N1063Z	Thompson Corben Baby Ace B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	1991-07-19	Valid
N82138	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1991-07-19	Valid
N2194B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1991-07-11	Valid
N85587	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1991-07-09	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.