Light jet

N3J

1967 Homebuilt F-5A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1967
Serial
67-14905
Class
Light jet
Engines
2 × Ge J85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Dillon Precision Inc (Corporation)
Based
Scottsdale, AZ
Registration record

N3J on the FAA register

Type
1967 Homebuilt F-5A
Serial
67-14905
Engines
2 × Ge J85 series
Registered owner
Dillon Precision Inc
Scottsdale, AZ
Certificate issued
2019-09-13
Airworthiness date
2011-03-03
Registration expires
2029-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A31B68
Mode S (octal)
50615550
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-09-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N3J to the current registrant.
  • 2011-03-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1971-09-28
    N3J previously assigned to a Homebuilt 1 (s/n A1); cancelled.
  • 1967
    Manufactured (1967).
Overview

About N3J

N3J is a 1967 Homebuilt F-5A, serial number 67-14905. The FAA register lists Dillon Precision Inc as the registrant in Scottsdale, Arizona. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 13, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, two Ge J85 series engines and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 3, 2011.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3J. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-08-28 Accident · York, NE Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · MKC88FA164
Reported aircraft: Piper J3 — a different aircraft that carried the N3J registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: VISUAL OUTLOOK NOT MAINTAINED BY PILOT IN COMMAND.
1965-09-05 Accident · Orpus Christi Tex, 43 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0576
Reported aircraft: Thompson B8M — a different aircraft that carried the N3J registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: S CERTIFICATE AFTER ENGINE INSTALLATION.

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.