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

Continental C85 series

4,671 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C85 series engine, rated at about 85 horsepower. The Cessna 140 is the model most often fitted with it (1,253 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1940 and 2023.

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 series. FAA spelling: C85 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 1401,253Cessna 120602Piper J-3 Cub519Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ)360Luscombe 8 Silvaire321Ercoupe 415267Aeronca 11 Chief136Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415111Piper PA-11 Cub Special68Engineering & Research 41568Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D60Commonwealth 18557

Cessna 140 · Cessna 120 · Piper J-3 Cub · Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Luscombe 8 Silvaire · Ercoupe 415 · Aeronca 11 Chief · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415 · Piper PA-11 Cub Special · Engineering & Research 415

Where they are owner's state

Texas401California397Florida267Washington191Alaska185Wisconsin167Minnesota162Ohio152Michigan149Illinois139

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles4,669 (100%)Piston twins1 (0.0%)Helicopters1 (0.0%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

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

Fitted to

Cessna 140 1,253 with this engine series
Cessna 120 602 with this engine series
Piper J-3 Cub 519 with this engine series
Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) 360 with this engine series
Luscombe 8 Silvaire 321 with this engine series
Ercoupe 415 267 with this engine series
Aeronca 11 Chief 136 with this engine series
Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415 111 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 401 of these aircraft
California 397 of these aircraft
Florida 267 of these aircraft
Washington 191 of these aircraft
Alaska 185 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 10 of these aircraft
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 8 of these aircraft
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 5 of these aircraft
Eaa Aviation Foundation INC 5 of these aircraft
Riggin Flight Service INC 4 of these aircraft

Analytics

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

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4,671

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N2093V	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2026-10-01	Valid
N2455N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2026-09-30	Valid
N2685N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2026-09-30	Valid
N76369	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2026-09-30	Valid
N77740	Funk B85C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2026-09-30	Valid
N89200	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nostalgair Sky Adventures INC Vero Beach, Florida	Standard	2026-09-30	Valid
N1726V	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2026-09-29	Valid
N1910V	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bommarito Sterling J Bend, Oregon	Standard	2026-09-28	Valid
N1877N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2026-09-25	Valid
N2409H	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-09-23	Valid
N72881	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2026-09-23	Valid
N72272	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Glidepath Aviation LLC Sheridan, Wyoming	Standard	2026-09-21	Valid
N2543N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-09-20	Valid
N41944	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-09-20	Valid
N76706	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Franklin Special School District Franklin, Tennessee	Standard	2026-09-19	Valid
N2246C	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2026-09-18	Valid
N1741N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Optics INC Aguila, Arizona	Standard	2026-09-16	Valid
N6384H	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2026-09-15	Valid
N1601V	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ite LLC St Pete Beach, Florida	Standard	2026-09-13	Valid
N4536M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2026-09-12	Valid
N23161	Piper J3C-50	Fixed-wing, single engine	Shawver Aviation LLC Knoxville, Iowa	Standard	2026-09-09	Valid
N2455K	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2026-09-09	Valid
N4706H	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2026-09-09	Valid
N85591	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-09-09	Valid
N87435	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-09-09	Valid
N9129R	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-09-09	Valid
N4060E	Aeronca 11BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2026-09-08	Valid
N5994B	Aeronca 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2026-09-08	Valid
N89576	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Qualitair LLC Trustee Michelstadt,	Standard	2026-09-08	Valid
N4825H	Piper PA-17	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2026-09-05	Valid
N77388	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada	Standard	2026-09-04	Valid
N76009	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gullwing Aviation Holdings LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2026-09-02	Valid
N3183N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2026-09-01	Valid
N85089	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Multiple	2026-08-29	Valid
N2414K	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2026-08-27	Valid
N10982	Bellanca 7ACA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2026-08-26	Valid
N179G	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2026-08-26	Valid
N3199N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mcconnell Sarah C Shepherd, Montana	Standard	2026-08-26	Valid
N94890	Ercoupe G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-08-26	Valid
N2LJ	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2026-08-24	Valid
N43006	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2026-08-24	Valid
N20U	Superior CULVER LCA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pennair INC Albany, Oregon	Standard	2026-08-19	Valid
N72350	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2026-08-19	Valid
N42557	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kansas Taildraggers LLC Lawrence, Kansas	Standard	2026-08-17	Valid
N1382K	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-08-12	Valid
N77368	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-08-12	Valid
N72386	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-08-07	Valid
N3543N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Onstep LLC Ann Arbor, Michigan	Standard	2026-08-05	Valid
N2302N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Animal Eye Clinic of Pensacola LLC Pensacola, Florida	Standard	2026-08-04	Valid
N4876M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2026-08-04	Valid
N33390	Commonwealth 185	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-08-03	Valid
N3676K	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Restricted	2026-08-03	Valid
N73011	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Maurer Christian N Loveland, Ohio	Standard	2026-08-03	Valid
N76838	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2026-08-01	Valid
N2050V	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2026-07-31	Valid
N141S	Larsell Robert DAVIS DA2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2026-07-30	Valid
N2915N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	N2915N LLC Dillon, Montana	Standard	2026-07-30	Valid
N77114	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-07-29	Valid
N1598N	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2026-07-28	Valid
N1860K	Luscombe 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2026-07-28	Valid
N99LP	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2026-07-28	Valid
N9324H	Aeronca L-16A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-07-22	Valid
N964	Reed CORBEN JR. ACE E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2026-07-22	Valid
N3151N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2026-07-21	Valid
N3456E	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2026-07-21	Valid
N2780N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sparkys Flying Service LLC Warner, New Hampshire	Standard	2026-07-15	Valid
N2168N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-07-13	Valid
N81475	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Helicorp LLC Chesterfield, Missouri	Standard	2026-07-13	Valid
N3748V	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2026-07-12	Valid
N1682V	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2026-07-08	Valid
N3WA	Wag-Aero Inc CUBY SPORT TRAINER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2026-07-08	Valid
N3640V	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-07-05	Valid
N78630	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Restricted	2026-07-02	Valid
N76926	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2026-07-01	Valid
N4N	Wheat Replica CURTIS WRIGHT JR	Fixed-wing, single engine	N Flight LLC Kenedy, Texas	Experimental	2026-06-30	Valid
N889	Sharpe SA-1	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Experimental	2026-06-30	Valid
N99642	Forney 415-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2026-06-30	Valid
N24549	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Vand Flyre Klub Newfolden, Minnesota	Standard	2026-06-26	Valid
N3378H	Engineering & Research 415-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2026-06-26	Valid
N41356	Piper J5A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2026-06-25	Valid
N26182	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Restricted	2026-06-24	Valid
N33160	Piper J3C-85	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2026-06-24	Valid
N3560H	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2026-06-24	Valid
N72627	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-06-23	Valid
N1612V	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-06-22	Valid
N2424K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-06-22	Valid
N3282H	Ercoupe 415-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2026-06-22	Valid
N76303	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2026-06-22	Valid
N3798B	Aeronca 7DC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2026-06-19	Valid
N81073	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2026-06-19	Valid
N3132E	Champion 7BCM	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blue River Aviation LLC Palmer, Alaska	Restricted	2026-06-09	Valid
N77212	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2026-06-07	Valid
N530SZ	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2026-06-05	Valid
N725EZ	Johnson Wayne T VARIEZE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2026-06-02	Valid
N77357	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wiebe Aerial Applications LLC Peabody, Kansas	Standard	2026-06-02	Valid
N3031N	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-06-01	Valid
N1606V	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Weatherproof Montana LLC Missoula, Montana	Standard	2026-05-31	Valid
N77281	Cessna 120	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-05-31	Valid
N4153N	Cessna 140	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2026-05-30	Valid
N9647A	Cessna 140A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Silver Minnow LLC Farmington, Minnesota	Standard	2026-05-30	Valid

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.