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
N1064E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1991-06-21	Valid
N35224	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1991-06-20	Valid
N45683	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	1991-06-11	Valid
N42330	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1991-06-06	Valid
N92126	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1991-06-06	Valid
N2124M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1991-05-15	Valid
N47187	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	1991-05-14	Valid
N49203	Aeronca L-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1991-04-18	Valid
N83120	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-04-03	Valid
N1962B	Luscombe 8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1991-03-29	Valid
N4627M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1991-03-21	Valid
N194X	Werden Lawrence M BABY LAKES	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	1991-03-12	Valid
N96404	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-03-12	Valid
N27598	Taylorcraft BCS-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1991-03-07	Valid
N44170	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-03-07	Valid
N95200	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	1991-02-19	Valid
N95204	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-02-11	Valid
N2324K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1991-02-04	Valid
N6337H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1991-01-25	Valid
N9770E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1991-01-24	Valid
N71771	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	1991-01-10	Valid
N71240	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1991-01-03	Valid
N71008	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1990-12-17	Valid
N59170	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-12-13	Valid
N77895	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1990-12-10	Valid
N9564E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-12-10	Valid
N29725	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1990-12-07	Valid
N71312	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Frasca Air Museum Urbana, Illinois	Standard	1990-11-15	Valid
N1789E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	1990-11-07	Valid
N44065	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1990-10-31	Valid
N87811	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-10-30	Valid
N39642	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1990-10-19	Valid
N43303	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-10-16	Valid
N2620E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-10-15	Valid
N94933	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1990-09-27	Valid
N2425E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1990-08-30	Valid
N82263	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1990-08-16	Valid
N39223	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1990-08-15	Valid
N48434	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1990-08-14	Valid
N85189	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1990-08-01	Valid
N70363	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	1990-07-31	Valid
N1609K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1990-07-30	Valid
N7144K	Meech Bradley A MEECH BABY ACE MOD D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	1990-07-26	Valid
N83696	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1990-07-24	Valid
N34572	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	1990-07-19	Valid
N9658E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-07-18	Valid
N27552	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	1990-07-17	Valid
N96718	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1990-06-28	Valid
N4699M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	1990-06-19	Valid
N23880	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-06-12	Valid
N37446	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1990-06-12	Valid
N44394	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1990-06-11	Valid
N7142B	Helton Tom HELTON HAWK	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1990-06-04	Valid
N9405E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1990-05-30	Valid
N43825	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1990-05-25	Valid
N82158	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1990-05-22	Valid
N4811H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1990-05-17	Valid
N7135S	Slattery Gordon C RED DEUCE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1990-05-17	Valid
N82361	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1990-05-14	Valid
N83526	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1990-05-11	Valid
N2486E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1990-05-09	Valid
N3758E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1990-04-24	Valid
N9183E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-04-18	Valid
N2911C	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1990-03-29	Valid
N70587	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Restricted	1990-03-08	Valid
N36356	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1990-03-01	Valid
N6404H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1990-02-21	Valid
N71498	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-02-21	Valid
N44346	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-02-20	Valid
N81933	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1990-02-16	Valid
N50888	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	1990-02-02	Valid
N2107B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-01-26	Valid
N3921A	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1990-01-25	Valid
N31041	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1990-01-22	Valid
N82963	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-19	Valid
N95014	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1990-01-19	Valid
N22296	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	1990-01-17	Valid
N3914E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1990-01-06	Valid
N30653	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-05	Valid
N98733	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Antique Preservation Assn Greenfield Greenfield, Iowa	Standard	1990-01-05	Valid
N9106E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1989-12-21	Valid
N131HC	Christiansen Harold M PL-4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Experimental	1989-12-14	Valid
N1045K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-11-27	Valid
N22861	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Restricted	1989-11-24	Valid
N29898	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1989-11-21	Valid
N42431	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1989-11-16	Valid
N78629	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1989-11-15	Valid
N7458H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Clinton Flying Service INC Clinton, North Carolina	Standard	1989-11-13	Valid
N83995	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1989-10-18	Valid
N142BN	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	1989-10-11	Valid
N71694	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1989-10-05	Valid
N82681	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1989-10-02	Valid
N4647H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1989-09-25	Valid
N81939	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1989-09-19	Valid
N82611	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1989-09-13	Valid
N88507	Piper J3C-85	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1989-09-12	Valid
N95106	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	1989-09-05	Valid
N1573N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Hampshire	Standard	1989-09-01	Valid
N28233	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1989-08-30	Valid
N84851	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1989-08-25	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.