# N87871: 1946 Piper J-3, registration cancelled 1956-03-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 20, 1956
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper J-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-3) (registry code 7100502)
- Data sheets: [TCDS ATC 660](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/ATC%20660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 15489
- Year built: 1946
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: September 26, 1950
- Mode S code: AC1775
- Owner when cancelled: [Fair Elmer](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FAIR%20ELMER)
- Location: [Finksburg, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Finksburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87871
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=87871
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87871-1956-03-20

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 J-3: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-3.md

## Other aircraft with N87871

- [Cancelled 2012-12-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87871-2012-12-11): Piper L-21B, S/N 18-3598. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Golden Triangle Vocational Technical Center](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GOLDEN%20TRIANGLE%20VOCATIONAL%20TECHNICAL%20CENTER), [Columbus, MS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MS/Columbus)

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.