Piper J3F-65
N40782 is a Piper J3F-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Rsd Aviation LLC, an LLC in Pataskala, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 22, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3F-65 · all J3F-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7496
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 4AC176B SER · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A4CA2D (octal 51145055)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 17, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · April 22, 1956
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00280736
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rsd Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 332 Edenderry Ln
Pataskala, OH 43062-9620
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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 N40782, 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 Rsd Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 17, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 22, 1956, 15 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 7496 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N40782 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]
2 NTSB records under N40782: Accident on June 29, 2001 at Findlay, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 4, 1986 at Wauseon, OH: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3F-65 · operated under 091
Two chafed ignition switch leads, which resulted in a failure of the ignition system and subsequent total loss of engine power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC01LA156 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL86FEI05 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data