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Approved modifications · supplemental type certificate · current · issued

SA00270BO

Installation of a Teledyne Continental A-65-8, A-65-8F, A-65-9, A-75-8, A-75-8F, A-75-9, C-75-8, C-75-12, C-85-8, C-85-12, C-90-8F or C-90-12F engine and corresponding propeller identified under Limitations and Conditions, and components for a landplane maximum gross weight of 1220 lbs. Held by Clyde R Smith JR. Last revised October 29, 2009. System: propeller.

What it applies to

Kind of product
Aircraft
Design holder
Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.; Piper Aircraft Inc.
Models
J3C-40, J3C-50, J3C-50S, J3C-65 (Army L-4; L-4A; L-4B (Navy NE-1); L-4H; L-4J (Navy NE-2)), J3C-65S, J3F-50, J3F-50S, J3F-60, J3F-60S, J3F-65 (Army L-4D), J3F-65S, J3L, J3L-65 (Army L-4C), J3L-65S, J3L-S, J-3, J3P
Type certificates
A-691, A-691, A-691, A-691, A-691, A-692, A-692, A-692, A-692, A-692, A-692, A-698, A-698, A-698, A-698, ATC 660, TC 695
On this site
Piper J-3 Cub 3,806 registered
The FAA's record
On the FAA's site

What an approved modification is

A supplemental type certificate is the FAA's approval of a change to a certified design: a new engine or propeller, avionics, an autopilot, floats, a parachute, a larger fuel tank, an ice-protection kit. The company holding it may sell the kit and the paperwork to owners of the listed models; the modification then becomes part of that aircraft's record. The FAA's list says what was approved and for which models, not how many aircraft carry it.

Source: FAA supplemental type certificates (Dynamic Regulatory System). Register counts from the FAA register of October 22, 2026.