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
N27092	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-07-27	Valid
N35966	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-07-26	Valid
N4349H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2023-07-22	Valid
N13554	Aeronca C-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2023-07-12	Valid
N33711	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-07-12	Valid
N46AB	Barber Robert L KITFOX II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2023-06-21	Valid
N4189H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Double D Aircraft LLC Sergeant Bluff, Iowa	Standard	2023-06-20	Valid
N27913	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-06-15	Valid
N4593H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-06-14	Valid
N31730	Aeronca 65-TL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2023-06-12	Valid
N24406	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2023-06-05	Valid
N25586	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-05-19	Valid
N28118	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-05-15	Valid
N3584	Brandes Baby Ace D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Experimental	2023-05-10	Valid
N40827	Piper J3L	Fixed-wing, single engine	A and W Aircraft INC Lake Geneva, Wisconsin	Standard	2023-05-10	Valid
N38668	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2023-05-02	Valid
N18863	Aeronca K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-05-01	Valid
N27284	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2023-05-01	Valid
N4340H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2023-04-21	Valid
N35468	Piper J3C-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-04-01	Valid
N2BE	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2023-03-10	Valid
N26531	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2023-03-09	Valid
N29153	Aeronca 65-TL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-03-08	Valid
N22630	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2023-03-06	Valid
N3165K	Mooney M-18L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-03-03	Valid
N4499H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2023-02-18	Valid
N27343	Aeronca 65-TL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-02-17	Valid
N40817	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2023-02-13	Valid
N36220	Taylorcraft BL12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2023-02-03	Valid
N23878	Taylorcraft BC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2023-01-14	Valid
N36679	Aeronca 65-TAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2023-01-13	Valid
N76MX	Explorer Post 54 AA CUBETTE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2023-01-13	Valid
N4468H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-06	Valid
N36622	Aeronca 65-TAC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N119C	Mooney M-18L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2022-12-15	Valid
N23619	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2022-12-10	Valid
N31089	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2022-12-09	Valid
N4454H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2022-11-26	Valid
N32848	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2022-11-11	Valid
N26719	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Orlandi Properties LLC Blairstown, New Jersey	Standard	2022-11-05	Valid
N38608	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2022-09-07	Valid
N38262	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2022-07-16	Valid
N24286	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-05-24	Valid
N38118	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2022-05-10	Valid
N66XY	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2022-04-30	Valid
N4310H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Johnson Ryan A Dodgeville, Wisconsin	Standard	2022-04-28	Valid
N30944	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Air Speed Development LLC Helena, Montana	Standard	2022-04-07	Valid
N38686	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2022-03-11	Valid
N96YZ	Hultzapple Ted D SONERAI IIL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Experimental	2022-01-29	Valid
N33287	Piper J4F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying Yankee Champs LLC East Granby, Connecticut	Standard	2022-01-15	Valid
N36189	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2022-01-15	Valid
N4365H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Diamond B Farms Trucking INC Gamaliel, Kentucky	Standard	2022-01-07	Valid
N4534H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2022-01-07	Valid
N4465H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-01-04	Valid
N29508	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-01-03	Valid
N4442H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2021-11-06	Valid
N28918	Luscombe 8B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2021-11-05	Valid
N4321H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2021-11-02	Valid
N49621	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N4428H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-10-21	Valid
N4379H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-10-13	Valid
N24206	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2021-09-08	Valid
N27524	Taylorcraft BC-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2021-09-07	Valid
N31012	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New York	Standard	2021-09-01	Valid
N1854B	Petersen E Robert BABY ACE MODEL D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2021-08-23	Valid
N4544H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2021-08-23	Valid
N4301G	Bradford Kyle R PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Experimental	2021-08-13	Valid
N37869	Porterfield LP-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-07-27	Valid
N22287	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2021-07-07	Valid
N5ED	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2021-06-30	Valid
N38439	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nostalgair Sky Adventures INC Vero Beach, Florida	Standard	2021-06-25	Valid
N106DC	Conoley David R AERONCOPY C-3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2021-06-02	Valid
N32621	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2021-05-24	Valid
N34497	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-05-15	Valid
N4491H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stevens Aviation and Parts LLC Norfolk, Virginia	Standard	2021-05-13	Valid
N36849	Aeronca 65-TAL	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-05-12	Valid
N24248	Aeronca 65-LA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2021-05-10	Valid
N246MM	Mooney M-18L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2021-05-03	Valid
N40957	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2021-04-21	Valid
N391A	Mooney M-18L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2021-04-09	Valid
N4353H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2021-02-01	Valid
N4320H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2021-01-23	Valid
N35075	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bendure Ryan R Brighton, Colorado	Standard	2020-12-12	Valid
N441Y	Hocker-Denien SPARROW-HAWK	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Experimental	2020-12-12	Valid
N4181H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2020-11-25	Valid
N4438H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-11-07	Valid
N38152	Aeronca 65-LB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-10-22	Valid
N9184X	Piper PA-30	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Continental Title Trust LLC Trustee Wichita, Kansas	Standard	2020-10-08	Valid
N27154	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2020-10-07	Valid
N4464H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2020-09-21	Valid
N4581H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-09-03	Valid
N27517	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2020-08-15	Valid
N27487	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2020-08-05	Valid
N23537	Aeronca 65-C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2020-07-28	Valid
N4407H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2020-07-09	Valid
N27488	Taylorcraft BL-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2020-07-08	Valid
N26856	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wyoming	Standard	2020-06-25	Valid
N4309H	Piper PA-15	Fixed-wing, single engine	Autumn Oaks Air LLC Chicago, Illinois	Standard	2020-06-15	Valid
N2536	Kleeman FLY BABY	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2020-06-05	Valid
N941HB	Taylorcraft BL12-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2020-03-30	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.