Piper J3C-65
N92432 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 Richmond, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 13, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 28, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3C-65 · all J3C-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 16899
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- ACCFE2 (octal 53147742)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 13, 2020
- Expires
- February 28, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · February 28, 1956
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00880701
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gillis Alan A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 16 W Kitty Hawk St
Richmond, TX 77406-9710
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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 N92432, 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 Gillis Alan A, an individual, certificate issued February 13, 2020, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 28, 1956, 10 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 16899 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N92432 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 N92432: Accident on July 20, 2026 at Richmond, TX: serious 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
On July 20, 2026, at 0643 central daylight time, a Piper J3C-65 airplane, N92432, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Richmond, Texas. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane impacted the roof of a house near the airport traffic pattern for Covey Trails Airport, Richmond, Texas. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The pilot stated that he did not remember the circumstances leading to and nature of the accident. Pos…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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