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N12173

Piper J3C-65

Valid Michigan

N12173 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Edwardsburg, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
18184
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A05AD2 (octal 50055322)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 28, 2013
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01045399

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Batchelor Terry W
Type
Individual
Address
69243 Christiana Lake Rd
Edwardsburg, MI 49112-9745

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2002-12-02Cessna 208B · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data