Piper J3L-65
N35252 is a Piper J3L-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Mansfield Heliflight INC, a corporation in Milton, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 29, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3L-65 · all J3L-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6246
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A3EF5D (octal 50767535)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 29, 1997
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00270170
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mansfield Heliflight INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 159 Catamount Dr
Milton, VT 05468-3284
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N35252, 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 Mansfield Heliflight INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 6, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 29, 1997, 56 years after the 1941 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 6246 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N35252 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 177B (serial 17702291, cancelled October 19, 1989). 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 N35252: Accident on March 30, 2013 at Daytona Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 4, 1986 at Fullerton, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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 J3L-65 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper decision to land with a tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA13CA223 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 177B · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX86FA240 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