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N42555

Piper J3C-65

Valid Texas

N42555 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 Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 25, 1988 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 27, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
14834
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C75 SERIES · 75 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A51157 (octal 51210527)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 25, 1988
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · March 27, 1956
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00511854

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sims James M
Type
Individual
Address
6935 Craig Street
Fort Worth, TX 76112

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