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J3 — Piper Aircraft J3

Piper Aircraft J3
J3
Photo via Wikipedia: Piper J-3 Cub
Year
Owner
Piper Aircraft
Last seen
MTOW
500 kg
Range
160 nm
Seats
2
J3hover
Piper Aircraft · J3
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
120
Active
113
Type
Piston · Two Cycle Piston
Origin
US
Powerplants
0-145B SERIES · 0-200 SERIES · 0-235 SERIES · +14 more
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
J3
J3
500 kg160 nm71 kt2
ZZZZ
ZZZZ
0-145B SERIES454 kg1
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS ATC 660 · 0

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS ATC 660), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

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Safety & ops history

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Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Piper Aircraft J3market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Piper Aircraft J3 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

80 yearsmedian age

Of the 89 registered Piper Aircraft J3 with a known build year (74% of the 120 we track), the median age is 80 years.

Registration activity

5changed registration in 12 months

5 of the 120 registered Piper Aircraft J3 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (4% of the fleet), across 5 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

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