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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026Jonker Sailplanes JS3
N39AB is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3, a glider with turbojet engines, built in 2019. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Aero Systems Associates LLC, an LLC in San Carlos, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2019 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 9, 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
- 03-051
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 · 350 lb thrust
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A48072 (octal 51100162)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 25, 2019
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 9, 2019
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01298138
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aero Systems Associates LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 594 Club Dr
San Carlos, CA 94070-1501
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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 N39AB 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
- Aero Systems Associates LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- San Carlos, CA 44 aircraft registered in this town
- San Carlos Airport · SQL
- California 27,708 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N39AB, 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 Aero Systems Associates LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 25, 2019, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 9, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 03-051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N39AB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna A185F (serial 18504116, cancelled June 13, 2007). 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 N39AB. 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 November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data