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
N9649H	Piper L-4B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-02-14	Valid
N3434E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2025-02-13	Valid
N46058	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2025-02-13	Valid
N49114	Aeronca 0-58B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2025-02-13	Valid
N45863	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2025-02-12	Valid
N84115	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2025-02-12	Valid
N26612	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2025-02-11	Valid
N48694	Piper J-3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2025-02-10	Valid
N84314	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2025-02-09	Valid
N33976	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2025-02-07	Valid
N44249	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2025-02-07	Valid
N5499N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2025-02-07	Valid
N82390	Champion 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2025-02-07	Valid
N88033	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2025-02-07	Valid
N26989	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2025-02-06	Valid
N24758	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Combat Museum Springfield, Illinois	Standard	2025-02-05	Valid
N41031	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2025-02-05	Valid
N72013	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ankole Watusi Cattle Company LLC Leesburg, Florida	Standard	2025-02-05	Valid
N91272	Stits SA6B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Experimental	2025-02-05	Valid
N31498	Aeronca 65-TC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2025-01-31	Valid
N6AN	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2025-01-31	Valid
N84255	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2025-01-31	Valid
N95135	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pilots Landing Aviation LLC Lampasas, Texas	Standard	2025-01-31	Valid
N96823	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2025-01-31	Valid
N92360	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Birdland Aviation LLC Carmel, Indiana	Standard	2025-01-30	Valid
N41511	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2025-01-29	Valid
N70818	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2025-01-29	Valid
N77926	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2025-01-29	Valid
N81967	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2025-01-29	Valid
N82510	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2025-01-29	Valid
N3243E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2025-01-28	Valid
N86313	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Starfire Aviation LLC Conyers, Georgia	Standard	2025-01-28	Valid
N9460E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2025-01-28	Valid
N3154E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2025-01-23	Valid
N1120E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2025-01-22	Valid
N27873	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2025-01-21	Valid
N31004	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tiercel Aviation LLC Fort Walton Beach, Florida	Standard	2025-01-21	Valid
N82151	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2025-01-21	Valid
N85088	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2025-01-21	Valid
N29752	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2025-01-17	Valid
N92213	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gdg LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2025-01-17	Valid
N84534	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2025-01-16	Valid
N25869	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-01-15	Valid
N2709E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2025-01-15	Valid
N42257	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-01-15	Valid
N43818	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2025-01-15	Valid
N45890	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2025-01-15	Valid
N28601	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-01-14	Valid
N264JP	Piavis James William WOLF W-11 BORDM FTR	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tracy Theodore W West Chester, Ohio	Experimental	2025-01-13	Valid
N37140	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2025-01-13	Valid
N71750	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2025-01-10	Valid
N4636M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2025-01-08	Valid
N4869M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2025-01-08	Valid
N539GC	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kor Aviation LLC Piedmont, South Dakota	Standard	2025-01-08	Valid
N45839	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-01-07	Valid
N7068H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2025-01-07	Valid
N6639H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2025-01-06	Valid
N36647	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-01-02	Valid
N42837	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2024-12-31	Valid
N88114	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-12-31	Valid
N96362	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2024-12-31	Valid
N364XE	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-12-30	Valid
N22733	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2024-12-27	Valid
N84035	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2024-12-27	Valid
N22778	Piper J4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2024-12-21	Valid
N1921K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2024-12-20	Valid
N2908K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2024-12-20	Valid
N36650	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2024-12-20	Valid
N499M	Taylorcraft DCO-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	John Black LLC Hurricane, Utah	Standard	2024-12-18	Valid
N96037	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2024-12-18	Valid
N23663	Taylorcraft BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-12-17	Valid
N7878C	Taylorcraft DC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2024-12-17	Valid
N45912	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-12-16	Valid
N85308	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-12-16	Valid
N36954	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-12-13	Valid
N37850	Porterfield FP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-12-13	Valid
N92439	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2024-12-13	Valid
N9291E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-12-13	Valid
N4823H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-12-12	Valid
N77819	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2024-12-12	Valid
N33854	Aeronca 65-CA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Standard	2024-12-11	Valid
N9290E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2024-12-11	Valid
N1209E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2024-12-10	Valid
N92443	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vertical Horizon Aviation LLC Sandown, New Hampshire	Standard	2024-12-10	Valid
N1714E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-12-09	Valid
N2079E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2024-12-09	Valid
N38812	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Van Metre Air LLC Fairfax, Virginia	Standard	2024-12-09	Valid
N43696	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2024-12-06	Valid
N23379	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2024-12-05	Valid
N27892	Piper J4A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2024-12-05	Valid
N43673	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-12-05	Valid
N84002	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine		Standard	2024-12-05	Valid
N25702	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Reynalds Brothers Aviation LLC Englewood, Colorado	Standard	2024-12-04	Valid
N85745	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2024-12-04	Valid
N6499H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-12-02	Valid
N70223	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-12-02	Valid
N95247	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-12-02	Valid
N95622	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cedar Creek Flying LLC Sac City, Iowa	Standard	2024-12-02	Valid
N81867	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Far North Aviation LLC Fargo, North Dakota	Standard	2024-11-27	Valid
N29080	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-11-25	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.