Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Continental C85-12F

90 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C85-12F engine, rated at about 85 horsepower. The Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) is the model most often fitted with it (17 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1939 and 2026.

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 C85-12F. FAA spelling: C85-12F.

Fitted to model families

Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ)17Piper J-3 Cub11Cessna 1407Ercoupe 4156Luscombe 8 Silvaire6Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 4154Engineering & Research 4152Aeronca 11 Chief1Aeronca S71Ben Walden DGA-1A1Bill Bradford LUSCOMBE 101Carnevale Victor N BOWERS FLAY BABY I1

Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Piper J-3 Cub · Cessna 140 · Ercoupe 415 · Luscombe 8 Silvaire · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415 · Engineering & Research 415 · Aeronca 11 Chief · Aeronca S7 · Ben Walden DGA-1A

Where they are owner's state

Washington6Ohio6New York6Florida6Texas5Oklahoma5Pennsylvania4Tennessee3North Carolina3Minnesota3

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles90 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental C85-12F the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-233, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first

1998-10-1998-17-11 · Crankshafts · engine

1996-02-1394-05-05 R1 · Cylinder Rocker · engine

1995-11-2895-21-15 · Aviation Gasoline · engine

1993-12-1493-22-05 · Carburetor Air Intake Housing Assemblies · engine

1981-04-0181-07-06 · AC Fuel Pumps · engine

47-40-02 · Piston Pins · engine

All orders naming the Continental C85-12F

Certificates and bulletins

E-233Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 31 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders

2018-09-10NE-18-27 · POWERPLANT Rocker Shaft Boss Inspection

2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant

2012-10-31NE-13-04 · Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Connecting Rod Piston Pin Bushing Inspection

1998-06-10CE-98-21R1 ·

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to

Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) 17 with this engine series
Piper J-3 Cub 11 with this engine series
Cessna 140 7 with this engine series
Ercoupe 415 6 with this engine series
Luscombe 8 Silvaire 6 with this engine series
Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415 4 with this engine series
Engineering & Research 415 2 with this engine series
Aeronca 11 Chief 1 with this engine series

Where they are

Washington 6 of these aircraft
Ohio 6 of these aircraft
New York 6 of these aircraft
Florida 6 of these aircraft
Texas 5 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

FAA orders naming the Continental C85-12F 7 airworthiness directives

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c85-12f.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 90

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N77935	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-07-12	Valid
N415F	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2026-06-24	Valid
N8336	Ronald C Lind RCL-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2026-03-27	Valid
N100ZY	Ben Walden DGA-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2026-03-22	Valid
N1661E	Aeronca S7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2026-03-19	Valid
N99495	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming	Standard	2026-02-20	Valid
N913PN	Orr David L STOL CH701	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2025-12-03	Valid
N3108A	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2025-11-08	Valid
N1838V	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2025-09-11	Valid
N2972H	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2025-08-04	Valid
N3219H	Engineering & Research 415-CD	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2025-03-27	Valid
N83746	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-12-28	Valid
N4864	Huberty Brian J CUBSTER J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Experimental	2024-12-14	Valid
N514JG	Griggs John 701	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2024-12-11	Valid
N3621E	Aeronca 7AC-CONV	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2024-11-26	Valid
N87913	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	2Oh0 Cub LLC Delaware, Ohio	Standard	2024-10-30	Valid
N311BK	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-09-10	Valid
N499TT	Ercoupe 415-CD	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2024-01-06	Valid
N94320	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gap Aircrafts LLC Dover, Delaware	Standard	2023-12-05	Valid
N311EP	Keri-Ann Price PIPER L-4H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2023-08-16	Valid
N164TC	G A Liedtke SUBA BUZZARD	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Experimental	2023-08-01	Valid
N56SM	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2023-07-11	Valid
N94641	Erco 415-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2023-06-23	Valid
N72037	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-06-13	Valid
N85243	Aeronca 7AC-CONV	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-05-16	Valid
N82689	Dillen Timothy A FLYBABY-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Experimental	2023-05-09	Valid
N412DP	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2023-04-12	Valid
N4064N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-02	Valid
N119TX	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-23	Valid
N22918	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-11-17	Valid
N102ZX	Gunderson Steven G ACRO TRAINER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2022-05-25	Valid
N868DG	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2022-05-16	Valid
N3043S	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Spitler John Laramie, Wyoming	Standard	2022-03-15	Valid
N2688E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2022-01-22	Valid
N3AE	Henley James H A31-1B1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2021-10-07	Valid
N83023	Aeronca 7DC-CONV	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2021-09-08	Valid
N82680	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2020-11-19	Valid
N84055	Aeronca 7BCM/CONV	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-09-28	Valid
N988WZ	Simpson Barry R DAKOTA HAWK	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2020-07-17	Valid
N28GH	Hillenburg Gary BABY ACE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2020-02-11	Valid
N87CV	Danny D Riffee JMR SPECIAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Experimental	2019-11-08	Valid
N108RH	Piper J3F-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2019-10-16	Valid
N487DC	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2019-09-17	Valid
N418NS	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2019-09-10	Valid
N82134	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	El Paso Flying Service LLC El Paso, Illinois	Standard	2019-07-08	Valid
N4032N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2019-06-12	Valid
N3997	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2019-06-03	Valid
N87161	Engineering & Research 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2019-04-04	Valid
N231RW	Martin Laurence BABY ACE MODEL D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2019-01-08	Valid
N626EJ	Gary Hartle Jd Sheen Eb Sheen PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2018-12-01	Valid
N4946H	Lee Thomas WAGABOND	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2018-10-01	Valid
N33JT	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2018-05-08	Valid
N89407	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-12-07	Valid
N2004E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Special flight permit	2017-11-15	Valid
N94760	Ercoupe E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2017-07-28	Valid
N45K	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2016-11-14	Valid
N3628K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2016-06-21	Valid
N3583V	Todd Brian J SPORT TRAINER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2016-06-17	Valid
N34337	Bill Bradford LUSCOMBE 10	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Experimental	2015-10-27	Valid
N12FY	Lorenz Eber DAKOTA HAWK	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Experimental	2014-09-11	Valid
N43830	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Laverty Russell H Jones, Oklahoma	Standard	2014-08-21	Valid
N85RF	Freed Richard H SMITH MINIPLANE DSA1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Experimental	2014-04-25	Valid
N37369	Interstate S-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2013-07-31	Valid
N3518H	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Paceinnovations INC Fort Worth, Texas	Standard	2013-04-02	Valid
N4567E	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2013-04-01	Valid
N369DH	Larsen David E DAKOTA HAWK	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Experimental	2013-03-19	Valid
N35301	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-11-05	Valid
N88249	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-08-16	Valid
N32DP	Paine-Damon DAPHNE SD-1A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2012-07-26	Valid
N87277	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-06-13	Valid
N410KT	Terry F King ZENITH 701	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2012-06-08	Valid
N3645E	Champion AERONCA 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Benham Aviation LLC Enid, Oklahoma	Standard	2012-04-13	Valid
N85CX	Knapp Frank E CUB-X	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Experimental	2012-03-28	Valid
N13854	Depaoli Mark J AMERICAN LEGEND AL3C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-08-19	Valid
N1350K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2011-05-18	Valid
N99462	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2011-01-25	Valid
N42500	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2010-06-16	Valid
N666VJ	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	T-6 LLC Waukesha, Wisconsin	Standard	2009-12-04	Valid
N525MT	Piper Aircraft Corp J3C65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2008-12-23	Valid
N135ET	Thiessen Elvin D SPORT TRAINER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2008-11-19	Valid
N1865	Nelson JODEL D-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Experimental	2008-09-17	Valid
N2386H	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2008-09-03	Valid
N28266	Carnevale Victor N BOWERS FLAY BABY I	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2007-03-14	Valid
N32VX	Vsr (Vanmeter-Smith Racing) SR-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vanmeter-Smith Racing Wichita, Kansas	Experimental	2006-06-07	Valid
N314JM	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	J B Flying Club INC Weymouth, Massachusetts	Standard	2006-01-27	Valid
N24694	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2001-06-25	Valid
N2972K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2000-02-08	Valid
N414BJ	Prestridge Robert L MERLIN GT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	1996-08-23	Valid
N3469E	Aeronca 11AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	1993-10-12	Valid
N1492B	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard		Pending

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.