{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"DOWNEY","country_code":"US","county_code":"037","cruise_speed_mph":54,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17008","engine_horsepower":85,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C85 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"1977-01-14","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7100503","mode_s_code":"51206364","mode_s_hex":"A50CF4","model":"J-3C","n_number":"N42408","name":"SULLIVAN ROBERT JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N42408 is a Piper J-3C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Downey, California. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration certificate revoked\". It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration certificate revoked\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14668 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N42408 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 14668, cancelled November 17, 1971). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N42408. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"14668","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Registration certificate revoked","status_code":"9","status_short":"Revoked","street":"8362 E DINSDALE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00128078","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N42408","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1945,"zip":"90240"}