Piper J3C-65
N92480 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 Cullman, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 27, 1988 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 4, 1956. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J3C-65 · all J3C-65s and related versions
- Serial number
- 16950
- 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
- ACD08F (octal 53150217)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 27, 1988
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · May 4, 1956
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00342072
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mackentepe Bert C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1319 Legion Dr NW
Cullman, AL 35055-2409
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N92480, 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 Mackentepe Bert C, an individual, certificate issued October 27, 1988, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 4, 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 16950 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N92480 according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 24, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N92480: Accident on April 10, 2026 at Crestview, FL: 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 April 10, 2026, about 1700 eastern daylight time, a Piper J3C-65, N92480 was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Baker, Florida. The pilot sustained minor injuries, and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that before the first flight, he performed a preflight inspection and added .5 quart of oil to bring the quantity to about 3.5 quarts. He then taxied to the fuel pump and topped off the fuel with about 9 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel. According to the P…
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 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