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N42185

Piper J3C-65

Valid Alabama

N42185 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hoover, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 1984 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 14, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
14427
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A502E4 (octal 51201344)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 25, 1984
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · January 14, 1958
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00151724

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Henley Alan F
Type
Individual
Address
5576 Lake Trace Dr
Hoover, AL 35244-3970

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