Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N98577

Piper J3C-65

Valid Florida

N98577 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 Gulf Breeze, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 15, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
18797
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
ADC124 (octal 53340444)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 29, 2015
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · November 15, 1957
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00531933

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Melvin Roy
Type
Co-owned
Address
1074 Harbor Ln
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563-3316
Co-owners
Smith Shawn Michael

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