Piper J3C-65
N41317 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anna, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 27, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3C-65 · all J3C-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 8008
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- A4E1E0 (octal 51160740)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 8, 2021
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · April 27, 1956
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00101464
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Adams Samuel M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4701 County Road 429
Anna, TX 75409-6037
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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 N41317, 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 Adams Samuel M, an individual, certificate issued February 8, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 27, 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 8008 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N41317 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]
1 NTSB record under N41317: Accident on July 16, 2023 at Princeton, TX: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3C-65 · operated under 091
The student pilot’s decision to attempt a takeoff from an unimproved field which resulted in an impact with an obstacle.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN23LA309 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