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
N87926	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Silver Ranch Airpark INC Jaffrey, New Hampshire	Standard	1978-03-20	Valid
N23008	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1978-03-16	Valid
N23888	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	1978-03-16	Valid
N7054H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	1978-03-14	Valid
N2096M	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	1978-02-24	Valid
N81511	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1978-02-06	Valid
N1557N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1978-01-25	Valid
N83058	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1978-01-25	Valid
N83360	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1978-01-05	Valid
N3921B	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1977-12-29	Valid
N3390N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1977-12-28	Valid
N96387	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1977-12-27	Valid
N70236	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1977-12-22	Valid
N86301	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1977-12-05	Valid
N45964	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	1977-11-23	Valid
N68KC	Corben BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1977-11-23	Valid
N629X	Woody Pusher HOMEBUILT WAS	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	1977-10-21	Valid
N3028	Eller BABY ACE MOD. D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Classics INC Owatonna, Minnesota	Experimental	1977-09-02	Valid
N30996	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1977-08-24	Valid
N1185B	Luscombe 8F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	1977-08-10	Valid
N29804	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1977-07-12	Valid
N1351V	Piper NE-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	1977-06-29	Valid
N1413K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	1977-06-27	Valid
N83548	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1977-06-23	Valid
N33718	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1977-06-17	Revoked
N5078K	Heyer-Barnes BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	1977-06-15	Valid
N77906	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	1977-05-11	Valid
N26746	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1977-05-02	Valid
N83385	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1977-04-21	Valid
N9066C	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1977-04-14	Valid
N84676	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	M & S Air Service INC Honeoye Falls, New York	Standard	1977-03-24	Valid
N23003	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1977-03-14	Valid
N81429	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1977-03-11	Valid
N3445N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1977-03-04	Valid
N50129	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1977-01-24	Valid
N70832	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1977-01-21	Valid
N87942	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	1977-01-04	Valid
N2962K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	University Flying Club INC Stevens Point, Wisconsin	Standard	1976-11-20	Valid
N36059	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1976-11-20	Valid
N83935	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1976-11-10	Valid
N70171	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1976-10-19	Valid
N30566	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1976-09-03	Valid
N88449	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1976-09-03	Valid
N34531	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1976-08-27	Valid
N95562	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1976-08-11	Revoked
N2685K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	1976-08-05	Valid
N82103	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1976-07-29	Valid
N3567N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	1976-07-07	Valid
N95557	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1976-06-08	Valid
N96301	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1976-05-10	Valid
N9451E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	1976-05-06	Valid
N29671	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1976-04-23	Valid
N31422	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Klingenberg Tim C Udall, Kansas	Standard	1976-04-06	Valid
N92254	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	1976-04-06	Valid
N34061	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1976-03-09	Valid
N39528	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1976-03-09	Valid
N2481E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	1976-02-26	Valid
N4628M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1976-02-26	Valid
N95779	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1976-02-18	Valid
N23668	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1976-02-09	Valid
N9726E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1976-02-03	Valid
N3PB	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1975-12-29	Valid
N5546V	Stits Playboy SA3A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nelson Harold G Pendleton, Oregon	Experimental	1975-12-22	Valid
N45416	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1975-12-18	Valid
N82762	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1975-12-10	Valid
N49117	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1975-12-09	Valid
N82672	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1975-11-24	Valid
N35843	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	1975-11-14	Valid
N83410	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner West Virginia	Standard	1975-09-16	Valid
N33861	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1975-09-12	Valid
N45419	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	1975-09-03	Valid
N98336	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	1975-08-18	Valid
N8348	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1975-08-11	Valid
N98416	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1975-08-08	Valid
N84320	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1975-08-06	Valid
N95732	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1975-08-06	Valid
N70831	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1975-06-03	Valid
N57582	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1975-05-14	Valid
N71507	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1975-05-14	Valid
N84485	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1975-05-14	Valid
N6925H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1975-05-01	Valid
N96774	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1975-04-23	Valid
N95273	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1975-04-02	Valid
N70481	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Houston Crop Service LLC Perry, Georgia	Standard	1975-03-25	Valid
N81611	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1975-03-15	Valid
N81574	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1975-03-12	Valid
N46093	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kutschera Theodore C Youngsville, New York	Standard	1975-02-18	Valid
N6288H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1974-12-16	Valid
N3418E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1974-11-14	Valid
N85652	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1974-10-23	Valid
N77986	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1974-09-21	Valid
N49510	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1974-09-20	Valid
N81841	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1974-08-23	Valid
N95345	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1974-08-21	Valid
N47026	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Staggerwing LTD Columbiana, Ohio	Standard	1974-08-13	Valid
N85463	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1974-08-10	Valid
N72080	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1974-05-18	Valid
N23690	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1974-04-08	Valid
N1535K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1974-03-09	Valid
N83234	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1974-01-15	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.