Piper J3C-65
N28DR 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 Dunlap, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 21, 1947.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3C-65 · all J3C-65s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper J-3 Cub family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 21010
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1945
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A2CBFD (octal 50545775)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 22, 2024
- Expires
- August 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 22, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 21, 1947
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00421742
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Trimble Wendall R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 870 Ridge Rd
Dunlap, TN 37327-7715
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N28DR links to the rest of the register
- Piper J-3 Cub 3,804 registered
- Piper 44,838 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Dunlap, TN 4 aircraft registered in this town
- Tennessee 6,534 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper J-3 Cub 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper J-3 Cub 46 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper J-3 Cub 241 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N28DR, 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 Trimble Wendall R, an individual, certificate issued August 22, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 21, 1947, consistent with the 1945 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21010 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N28DR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Convair 340 (serial 158, cancelled June 9, 1994). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N28DR: Accident on June 24, 2025 at Dunlap, TN: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on May 18, 2007 at Waterford, MI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3C-65 · operated under 091
On June 24, 2025, about 18:23 central daylight time, a Piper J3C-65, N28DR, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Dunlap, Tennessee. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the passenger, the purpose of the flight was to continue instructional training that he had started a couple of days prior to the accident. Regarding the accident flight, he recalled that they were at a nearby airstrip about 7 miles north of the…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3C · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, causing a water loop. A factor in the accident was the water loop encountered.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data