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N42431

Piper J3C-65

N42431 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 Midland, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 1989 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 27, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
14695
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
A50D56 (octal 51206526)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 16, 1989
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 27, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00881814

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Williams Kiplin Shay
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 51
Midland, NC 28107-0051

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