Piper J3F-50
N26811 is a Piper J3F-50, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lakeview, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 1993 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 25, 1955.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3F-50 · all J3F-50s and related versions
- Serial number
- 4191
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 4AC150-50 · 50 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1940
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A29F4A (octal 50517512)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 8, 1993
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 25, 1955
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00333472
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jacobs James A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 415 W North St
Lakeview, MI 48850-9782
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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 N26811, 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 Jacobs James A, an individual, certificate issued September 8, 1993, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 25, 1955, 15 years after the 1940 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 4191 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N26811 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]
1 NTSB record under N26811: Accident on February 3, 2021 at Weidman, MI: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3F-50 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain during a low approach over a snow-covered runway. Contributing to the accident was the loss of depth perception due to the bright sunlight and snow.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN21LA123 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data