Models · Aeronca · Piston singles · data as of October 2, 2026

Aeronca 65 Chief and Super Chief

376 on the U.S. register across 10 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1938 to 1956; half of them date from 1941 or earlier. Texas has the most (44). 14% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

About the 65 from the FAA's model table

Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power: Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines: Cont Motor A&C65 Series (260), Lycoming 0-145B Series (62), Cont Motor A&C75 Series (9)
Seats: 2
Cruise speed: about 75 mph
Maker on the register: Aeronca
Registered: earliest certificate February 16, 1959; newest September 16, 2026

Where they are owner's state

Texas44Ohio37Wisconsin28Michigan25California25North Carolina18Florida17Illinois13Pennsylvania12Missouri12Washington10Minnesota9

Who owns them registrant type

Individual286 (76%)Co-owned37 (10%)Corporation23 (6%)LLC17 (5%)Partnership12 (3%)Government1 (0.3%)

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

Version	Registered	Built	Share
65-CA	140	1939 to 1956	37.2%
65-C	72	1938 to 1941	19.1%
65-TAC	40	1940 to 1944	10.6%
65-TC	36	1939 to 1941	9.6%
65-LB	28	1940 to 1955	7.4%
65-LA	20	1938 to 1941	5.3%
65-TL	19	1940 to 1941	5.1%
65-TF	9	1940 to 1941	2.4%
65-TAL	9	1941 to 1942	2.4%
65-TAF	3	1941	0.8%

When they were built by decade · 100 with no year on file

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registration status

Valid372 (99%)Pending3 (0.8%)Revoked1 (0.3%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard358 (95%)None on file18 (5%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Aeronca Aircraft History Museum4Yanks Air Museum2Wonewoc CORP1Williams Densel1Wheels Floats Skids And Skis LLC1Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1Walls Sales LLC1Waco West INC1Vintage Aircraft Association Chapter 161Van Wagnen Brian1Sterling Aviation Services INC1Spirit Of Haughton INC1

Fleet pages: Aeronca Aircraft History Museum · Yanks Air Museum · Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum

Accident history NTSB records · 29 cases since 1982, 6 fatal

2024-08-26ERA24LA363 · 65-TAC N39565 · accident near Clearwater, FL · minor injuries

2022-12-15WPR23LA100 · 65-CA N29447 · accident near Deming, NM · no injuries

2006-10-13DFW07CA013 · 65-TAC N36687 · accident near Fredricksburg, TX · no injuries

2005-05-13IAD05LA063 · 65-TAC N36973 · accident near Harrisonburg, VA · 2 killed

2004-04-12LAX04CA185 · 65-TAC N39515 · accident near Grass Valley, CA · no injuries

2003-09-04SEA03LA185 · 65-CA N33865 · accident near Polson, MT · 1 killed

2002-09-29IAD02LA097 · 65-C N24277 · accident near Front Royal, VA · serious injuries

2000-08-14FTW00LA230 · 65-CA N33783 · accident near Liberty Hill, TX · minor injuries

The 8 most recent of 29 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Aeronca 65 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

376 as of October 2, 2026, counting 10 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Aeronca 65s?

Texas, with 44.

Who owns the Aeronca 65?

14% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 140 65-CA (all versions)

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N64LP	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-09-16	Valid
N31771	Aeronca 65-CA	Martin Aviation LLC Bargersville, Indiana	Standard	2026-09-07	Valid
N1165S	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2026-08-03	Valid
N36526	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2026-07-29	Valid
N34436	Aeronca 65-CA	Sanzaro Aero LLC Bunnell, Florida	Standard	2026-07-28	Valid
N33784	Aeronca 65-CA	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2026-07-22	Valid
N36572	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2026-06-28	Valid
N33877	Aeronca 65-CA	Baby Blue LLC Helena, Montana	Standard	2026-04-23	Valid
N36539	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2026-03-10	Valid
N34402	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2025-09-18	Valid
N33884	Aeronca 65-CA	Plane Care LLC Tucson, Arizona	Standard	2025-08-25	Valid
N31903	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2025-08-23	Valid
N39549	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2025-05-17	Valid
N34428	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2025-04-03	Valid
N34529	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2025-04-03	Valid
N29427	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2025-04-02	Valid
N33744	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2025-04-02	Valid
N33705	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2025-03-06	Valid
N34587	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-03-06	Valid
N36917	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2025-02-28	Valid
N36647	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner New York	Standard	2025-01-02	Valid
N36650	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2024-12-20	Valid
N33854	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Nevada	Standard	2024-12-11	Valid
N36654	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-11-01	Valid
N36853	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-11-01	Valid
N36573	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2024-08-06	Valid
N33721	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-06-05	Valid
N31899	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Maryland	Standard	2024-05-21	Valid
N31997	Aeronca 65-CA	Hogan Frederick D Hamilton, Ohio	Standard	2024-05-04	Valid
N39573	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-05-01	Valid
N36837	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-04-03	Valid
N36527	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-03-21	Valid
N47937	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-12-17	Valid
N36587	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-12-15	Valid
N26318	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-12-05	Valid
N33766	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2023-11-28	Valid
N34544	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2023-11-08	Valid
N33708	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-10-25	Valid
N36553	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2023-10-12	Valid
N34503	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-07-12	Valid
N21371	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2023-06-03	Valid
N34573	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2023-05-16	Valid
N36656	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-05-15	Valid
N34514	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-05-03	Valid
N33891	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-03-10	Valid
N33738	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-23	Valid
N36592	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-01-12	Valid
N31393	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2022-10-28	Valid
N34570	Aeronca 65-CA	Vintage Aircraft Association Chapter 16 Shawnee, Kansas	None on file	2022-10-07	Valid
N741A	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-04-09	Valid
N36649	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-02-07	Valid
N36581	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2021-12-07	Valid
N36577	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2021-11-02	Valid
N36580	Aeronca 65-CA	Lasswell Toliver J Bunker Hill, Illinois	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N33899	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-10-06	Valid
N36606	Aeronca 65-CA	Keller Aviation & Restoration LLC Breinigsville, Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-07-24	Valid
N34429	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-02-01	Valid
N31854	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2020-11-30	Valid
N31928	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-11-12	Valid
N36844	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-05-27	Valid
N29445	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2019-09-23	Valid
N33875	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-03-29	Valid
N36658	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-03-23	Valid
N34585	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2019-02-02	Valid
N36604	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2018-11-17	Valid
N39327	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-11-13	Valid
N33892	Aeronca 65-CA	Wonewoc CORP Elroy, Wisconsin	Standard	2018-10-30	Valid
N36548	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2018-10-22	Valid
N29433	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2018-09-07	Valid
N36571	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2018-08-15	Valid
N36529	Aeronca 65-CA	Poplar Grove Aviation Education Assoc INC Poplar Grove, Illinois	Standard	2018-07-05	Valid
N36584	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2018-03-15	Valid
N36698	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2018-02-21	Valid
N34526	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner New York	Standard	2018-02-12	Valid
N36522	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2017-11-06	Valid
N31807	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	None on file	2017-09-26	Valid
N34584	Aeronca 65-CA	Simply Living LLC Fort Myers, Florida	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N31895	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N31954	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2017-09-13	Valid
N33858	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Wisconsin	None on file	2017-09-13	Valid
N31992	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2017-08-16	Valid
N31925	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-05-22	Valid
N31738	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-04-27	Valid
N36865	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2016-08-31	Valid
N39575	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2016-07-26	Valid
N33888	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-07-16	Valid
N33826	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-07-12	Valid
N36551	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-04-22	Valid
N36562	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2016-03-19	Valid
N33775	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2016-02-04	Valid
N33853	Aeronca 65-CA	Yanks Air Museum Baldwin Park, California	Standard	2015-09-08	Valid
N36519	Aeronca 65-CA	New London Rental LLC Copper Hill, Virginia	Standard	2015-06-17	Valid
N33731	Aeronca 65-CA	Bieser John P Hartford, Wisconsin	Standard	2015-05-07	Valid
N36547	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2015-02-05	Valid
N36661	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2015-01-28	Valid
N36543	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-10-01	Valid
N34422	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Missouri	None on file	2014-01-03	Valid
N36600	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2013-06-21	Valid
N33783	Aeronca 65-CA	Aeronca Aircraft History Museum Brighton, Michigan	Standard	2013-02-28	Valid
N36852	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2012-08-09	Valid