# N42289: 1945 Piper J3C-65, registration cancelled 1971-01-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 4, 1971
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510)
- Serial number: 14539
- Year built: 1945
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: March 30, 1965
- Mode S code: A5069F
- Owner when cancelled: [Seid Sidney P](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SEID%20SIDNEY%20P)
- Location: Koro Palau, Micronesia
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42289
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=42289
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42289-1971-01-04

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Piper J3C-65: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK66A0030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0030), Dec 6, 1965: Piper J3C-S (N42289), Palau, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other aircraft with N42289

- [Cancelled 2021-07-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42289-2021-07-31): Frank Jimmy A MONERAI-S, S/N 4979101. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Western North Carolina Air Museum](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WESTERN%20NORTH%20CAROLINA%20AIR%20MUSEUM), [Hendersonville, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Hendersonville)

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