Piper J3C-65
N21677 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1938. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cupertino, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 4, 1986 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 22, 1958.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3C-65 · all J3C-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2561
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1938
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A1D339 (octal 50351471)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 4, 1986
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · May 22, 1958
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00031562
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Forsyth Myron G
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 7422 Fallenleaf Ln
Cupertino, CA 95014
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N21677, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Forsyth Myron G, an individual, certificate issued February 4, 1986, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 22, 1958, 20 years after the 1938 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2561 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N21677 according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N21677: Accident on March 10, 1990 at Palo Alto, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 22, 1986 at Columbia, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3 · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BY NOT COMPENSATING FOR CHANGING WIND CONDITIONS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90LA114 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J-3 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX86LA264 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data