{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-02-25","city":"CIRCLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"055","cruise_speed_mph":67,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-25","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7100510","mode_s_code":"51007751","mode_s_hex":"A40FE9","model":"J3C-65","n_number":"N3609K","name":"PEDERSON ROLAND E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Miles City","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-08-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"WPR23LA311","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing on unimproved terrain.","registration":"N3609K","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on August 11, 2023 at Miles City, MT: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CLAREMORE","damage":"DEST","date":"1991-05-25","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"FTW91FA085","probable_cause":"THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (PIC) DID NOT MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM OBSTACLES DURING THE MANEUVER.","registration":"N3609K","state":"OK","summary":"Accident on May 25, 1991 at Claremore, OK: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3609K is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Circle, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Pederson Roland E, an individual, certificate issued February 25, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22299 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3609K according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N3609K: Accident on August 11, 2023 at Miles City, MT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 25, 1991 at Claremore, OK: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"22299","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"72 DRY ASH CREEK RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00773063","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3609K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"592157205"}