Piper J3C-65
N87955 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Downers Grove, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 14, 1952.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3C-65 · all J3C-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 15573
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A-65-8 · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- AC1AEA (octal 53015352)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 7, 2019
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 14, 1952
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00338428
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nealey Susan
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 621 Berkshire Ct
Downers Grove, IL 60516-4919
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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 N87955, 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 Nealey Susan, an individual, certificate issued March 7, 2019, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 14, 1952, 6 years after the 1946 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 15573 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N87955 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 N87955: Accident on March 5, 2005 at Andover, NJ: 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 pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors in the accident were the flight instructors delayed remedial action, and crosswind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD05LA042 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