Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 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
N84046	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1987-07-28	Valid
N1665E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1987-07-27	Valid
N33581	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Salvage & Restoration INC Amarillo, Texas	Standard	1987-07-21	Valid
N86126	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1987-06-29	Valid
N317PK	Kragnes David J SPORT TRAINER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	1987-06-22	Valid
N4870M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	1987-06-17	Valid
N82826	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1987-06-02	Valid
N84554	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1987-04-22	Valid
N65NS	Airmate A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	1987-04-17	Valid
N70335	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1987-04-07	Valid
N7072H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1987-04-07	Valid
N86079	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1987-04-01	Valid
N188DB	Brewer Dow POBER PIXIE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	1987-03-26	Valid
N1193B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1987-03-23	Valid
N82140	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1987-03-13	Valid
N30724	Piper-Dahl J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1987-03-12	Valid
N44247	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1987-03-02	Valid
N42476	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	1987-02-06	Valid
N70408	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	1987-02-02	Valid
N98654	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1987-01-30	Valid
N458E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lennox Steve R Elkhart, Indiana	Standard	1987-01-28	Valid
N26099	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	1987-01-27	Valid
N48274	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1987-01-21	Valid
N88456	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	1987-01-14	Valid
N47344	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Texas Air Museum Slaton, Texas	Standard	1987-01-06	Valid
N83656	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1986-12-03	Valid
N1304K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1986-11-18	Valid
N7466H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1986-11-14	Valid
N43732	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1986-11-13	Valid
N6815H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1986-10-30	Valid
N44315	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1986-10-21	Valid
N5043M	Taylorcraft BC12D-85	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1986-10-21	Valid
N88444	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	1986-10-21	Valid
N49012	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1986-10-16	Valid
N25127	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1986-10-03	Valid
N22181	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1986-09-23	Valid
N331AL	Owen Alva A PIETENPOL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1986-09-23	Valid
N22051	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1986-09-17	Valid
N2685E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1986-09-15	Valid
N43052	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1986-09-15	Valid
N4557H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1986-08-21	Valid
N45822	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	1986-08-11	Valid
N45JS	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Johnson Christopher J Tacoma, Washington	Standard	1986-08-05	Valid
N23200	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1986-07-21	Valid
N9013E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1986-07-10	Valid
N1447K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1986-06-23	Valid
N81935	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1986-06-06	Valid
N1240E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1986-06-05	Valid
N87831	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	1986-05-29	Valid
N9078E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1986-05-23	Valid
N98633	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1986-05-23	Valid
N1268B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	1986-05-01	Valid
N42750	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1986-04-28	Valid
N95312	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	1986-04-22	Valid
N78730	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1986-03-26	Valid
N71465	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1986-03-13	Valid
N6903H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1986-03-05	Valid
N88488	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1986-02-12	Valid
N3349E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1986-02-10	Valid
N21677	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1986-02-04	Valid
N49302	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1986-01-30	Valid
N84744	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pepper Aviation INC Benton Harbor, Michigan	Standard	1986-01-29	Valid
N92057	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1986-01-14	Valid
N6212H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	1985-12-31	Valid
N9006E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1985-12-06	Valid
N44038	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1985-11-22	Valid
N84539	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1985-11-15	Valid
N43424	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1985-11-06	Valid
N85063	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1985-11-04	Valid
N2068M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1985-11-01	Valid
N36652	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1985-10-15	Valid
N88520	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1985-10-02	Valid
N5501K	Jodel D-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1985-08-15	Valid
N2503E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Hampshire	Standard	1985-07-25	Valid
N6323H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	1985-07-16	Valid
N78404	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1985-07-11	Valid
N83152	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1985-07-09	Valid
N38003	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1985-06-04	Valid
N43409	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1985-05-24	Valid
N84483	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1985-05-20	Valid
N3118E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1985-05-03	Valid
N30605	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1985-04-30	Valid
N2252M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Revoir Scott R Hastings, New York	Standard	1985-04-13	Valid
N72040	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1985-04-04	Valid
N9175E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1985-03-25	Valid
N1892E	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1985-03-22	Valid
N24654	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1985-03-19	Valid
N50817	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1985-03-02	Valid
N5047M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1985-02-26	Valid
N601BN	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	1985-02-26	Valid
N43072	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1985-01-17	Valid
N94941	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	1985-01-11	Valid
N2929E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1984-12-27	Valid
N4959E	Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	1984-12-27	Valid
N82418	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1984-12-20	Valid
N1910B	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1984-12-18	Valid
N71407	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1984-12-18	Valid
N98761	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1984-12-18	Valid
N35508	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	1984-12-03	Valid
N46699	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	1984-11-30	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.