Piston helicopter

N3955

1956 Homebuilt HJ-1 Hornet

Registered No accidents on file

Built

1956

Serial

Class

Piston helicopter

Engines

Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Classic Rotors Museum (Corporation)

Based

Ramona, CA

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Registration record

N3955 on the FAA register

Type

1956 Homebuilt HJ-1 Hornet

Serial

Engines

Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG

Registered owner

Classic Rotors Museum

Ramona, CA

Certificate issued

2006-08-29

Airworthiness date

1995-02-10

Registration expires

2028-08-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · exhibition

Mode S (hex)

A49863

Mode S (octal)

51114143

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2028-08-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2006-08-29
Certificate of registration issued as N3955.
1995-02-10
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
1956
Manufactured (1956).

Overview

About N3955

N3955 is a 1956 Homebuilt HJ-1 Hornet, serial number 15. The FAA register lists Classic Rotors Museum as the registrant in Ramona, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 29, 2006 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 10, 1995.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N3955.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N3955.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.