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N3553K

Piper J3C-65

Valid Texas

N3553K is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Whitt, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 10, 1965.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
22244
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A3FA2B (octal 50775053)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 23, 2019
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 10, 1965
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00922863

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Butt Thomas P
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 71
Whitt, TX 76490-0071
Co-owners
Butt Michelle J

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data