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

Lycoming O-145B series

538 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming O-145B series engine, rated at about 65 horsepower. The Piper J-3 Cub is the model most often fitted with it (120 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1937 and 2002.

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 Lycoming O-145B series. FAA spelling: 0-145B SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Piper J-3 Cub120Piper PA-15108Taylorcraft BL-65100Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief62Mooney M-1831Porterfield LP-6519Luscombe 8 Silvaire15Taylorcraft BL1210Piper J4 Cub Coupe5Taylorcraft BC-655Aeronca K4Northwestern PORTERFIELD LP-652

Piper J-3 Cub · Piper PA-15 · Taylorcraft BL-65 · Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief · Mooney M-18 · Porterfield LP-65 · Luscombe 8 Silvaire · Taylorcraft BL12 · Piper J4 Cub Coupe · Taylorcraft BC-65

Where they are owner's state

Texas59California36Ohio35Wisconsin28Florida27Washington25New York24Missouri20Michigan20Pennsylvania19

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles537 (100%)Piston twins1 (0.2%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

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

Fitted to

Piper J-3 Cub 120 with this engine series
Piper PA-15 108 with this engine series
Taylorcraft BL-65 100 with this engine series
Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief 62 with this engine series
Mooney M-18 31 with this engine series
Porterfield LP-65 19 with this engine series
Luscombe 8 Silvaire 15 with this engine series
Taylorcraft BL12 10 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 59 of these aircraft
California 36 of these aircraft
Ohio 35 of these aircraft
Wisconsin 28 of these aircraft
Florida 27 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 2 of these aircraft
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-o-145b-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 538

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N18GS	Mooney M-18LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2026-09-23	Valid
N4141H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bizy Eves Enterprises LLC San Antonio, Texas	Standard	2026-09-16	Valid
N23970	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2026-09-02	Valid
N4304H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2026-08-29	Valid
N5042G	Bellanca 7GCBC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Propwash Company LLC Monroe, Georgia	Standard	2026-08-28	Valid
N4129H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-08-26	Valid
N28864	Luscombe 8A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	None on file	2026-08-19	Valid
N33713	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2026-08-04	Valid
N4542H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2026-07-29	Valid
N32530	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2026-07-26	Valid
N36927	Aeronca L-3B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-07-18	Valid
N30838	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2026-06-22	Valid
N42052	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2026-06-22	Valid
N23151	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Winsors Wings LLC Walnut Shade, Missouri	Standard	2026-06-18	Valid
N59359	J. P. Special 2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2026-06-04	Valid
N23132	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2026-04-20	Valid
N32839	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2026-04-08	Valid
N32835	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2026-04-06	Valid
N38270	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming	Standard	2026-03-21	Valid
N26769	Piper J3L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cascade Aerial Services LLC Chehalis, Washington	Standard	2026-02-23	Valid
N27281	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2026-02-22	Valid
N40632	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming	Standard	2026-02-19	Valid
N31931	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2026-02-11	Valid
N39062	Luscombe 8B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2026-02-08	Valid
N22884	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2026-01-07	Valid
N17XT	Crousore Terry KR-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Experimental	2026-01-05	Valid
N31741	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2025-12-19	Valid
N28042	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sas Aviation LLC Carroll, Ohio	Standard	2025-12-10	Valid
N4318H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-12-10	Valid
N4088	Mooney M-18LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2025-11-21	Valid
N33704	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2025-10-29	Valid
N4402H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2025-10-17	Valid
N4386H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Orf Aviation LLC Wentzville, Missouri	Standard	2025-09-30	Valid
N24500	Piper J3L-65S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ophelia Air LLC Cherry Hill, New Jersey	Standard	2025-09-28	Valid
N23420	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Maryland	Standard	2025-09-26	Valid
N33105	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2025-09-26	Valid
N38470	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2025-09-11	Valid
N4571H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Costa Felipe R Winston Salem, North Carolina	Standard	2025-08-08	Valid
N81KW	Pitts Special S1C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2025-08-08	Valid
N22958	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Primary Flight Control LLC Fleming Island, Florida	Standard	2025-08-05	Valid
N28089	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Clive Consulting LLC Dover, Delaware	Standard	2025-07-28	Valid
N4317H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2025-06-06	Valid
N34520	Aeronca 65-TL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2025-06-02	Valid
N32814	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2025-05-20	Valid
N26377	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2025-04-28	Valid
N38223	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2025-04-21	Valid
N4648H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-03-27	Valid
N31845	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Walls Sales LLC Poplar Bluff, Missouri	Standard	2025-03-24	Valid
N4055	Mooney M-18LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2025-03-20	Valid
N32374	Northwestern PORTERFIELD LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-03-14	Valid
N29755	Taylorcraft BL12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	B & S Aviation LLC Sylvania, Ohio	Standard	2025-02-01	Valid
N4147H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2025-01-29	Valid
N29683	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mountain Top Aviation INC Ebensburg, Pennsylvania	Standard	2025-01-14	Valid
N33734	Aeronca LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bauer Aviation LLC Reese, Michigan	Standard	2024-12-16	Valid
N4345H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-12-10	Valid
N27967	Piper J3L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dirigo Aerospace Solutions LLC Sumner, Maine	Standard	2024-11-25	Valid
N24434	Taylorcraft BL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mountain Top Aviation INC Ebensburg, Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-11-19	Valid
N23696	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aspire Aviation Knoxville, Iowa	Standard	2024-11-01	Valid
N4530H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jed Aire Aviation LLC Benson, Minnesota	Standard	2024-10-28	Valid
N4380H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-10-23	Valid
N32664	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Aviation II LLC Peyton, Colorado	Standard	2024-09-26	Valid
N24367	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-09-17	Valid
N38612	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2024-09-16	Valid
N100GR	Robertson George SKY SKEETER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2024-09-13	Valid
N27206	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2024-09-13	Valid
N31963	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-08-29	Valid
N383A	Mooney M-18L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-08-20	Valid
N663KS	Suby Kirk A SONERAI II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental	2024-08-01	Valid
N35226	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2024-07-30	Valid
N22375	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-07-25	Valid
N31382	Aeronca 65-TL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-07-25	Valid
N24073	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2024-07-13	Valid
N24086	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Elder Matthew L Quinter, Kansas	Standard	2024-07-08	Valid
N21659	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-06-20	Valid
N4425H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-06-05	Valid
N30810	Piper J4F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cecs LLC Lakewood, New York	Standard	2024-06-04	Valid
N386M	Witt Leroy A SLP	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Experimental	2024-06-01	Valid
N33RQ	Piper J3C-85	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2024-05-21	Valid
N4354H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-04-23	Valid
N29684	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-04-12	Valid
N38318	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2024-03-11	Valid
N10U	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2024-03-07	Valid
N34819	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-02-04	Valid
N4469H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Slinger LLC Randolph, Wisconsin	Standard	2024-01-21	Valid
N35081	Piper J3L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-01-17	Valid
N31488	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-01-09	Valid
N378A	Mooney M-18L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2023-12-23	Valid
N20447	Taylorcraft BF	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2023-12-11	Valid
N33102	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-11-29	Valid
N4670H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-11-09	Valid
N3523	Scarborough LINCOLN REPLICA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2023-11-01	Valid
N27302	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-10-14	Valid
N32852	Piper J-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-10-13	Valid
N36090	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2023-10-09	Valid
N29575	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-09-20	Valid
N32328	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Nostalgia LTD Mooresville, North Carolina	Standard	2023-09-16	Valid
N27684	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2023-09-06	Valid
N69273	Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2023-08-24	Valid
N27461	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2023-08-20	Valid
N31091	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-08-07	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.