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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Jonker Sailplanes JS3
N31BL is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3, a glider with no engine, built in 2016. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Mobile, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 20, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated February 11, 2019.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Jonker Sailplanes (South Africa)FAA spelling: JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD
- Model
- JS3 · all JS3s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Jonker Sailplanes JS3 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
- 03-001
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 · 350 lb thrust
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2016
- Transponder code
- A3449C (octal 50642234)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 20, 2021
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- February 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 11, 2019
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01275057
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Butler Charles R III
- 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
- 60 Oakland Ave
Mobile, AL 36608-2500
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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 2
Connections how N31BL links to the rest of the register
- Jonker Sailplanes JS3 34 registered
- Jonker Sailplanes 50 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 17 aircraft with this engine series · 350 lb thrust
- Mobile, AL 143 aircraft registered in this town
- Mobile International · BFM
- Mobile Regional · MOB
- Alabama 4,325 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N31BL.json.
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The public federal record on N31BL, 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 Butler Charles R III, an individual, certificate issued January 20, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 11, 2019, 3 years after the 2016 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 03-001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N31BL was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Leak Bob AVID FLYER (serial 31, cancelled September 6, 2012); Bell 206B (serial 1290, cancelled March 12, 1981). 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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N31BL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data