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N42481

Piper J3C-65

Valid Virginia

N42481 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 co-owned owners in Clover, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 30, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
14750
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A50E05 (octal 51207005)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 7, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
November 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 30, 2005
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00354972

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smiley Neil G
Type
Co-owned
Address
2042 Mill Rd
Clover, VA 24534-3020
Co-owners
Smiley James G

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