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N17872

Piper J-2

Valid Illinois

N17872 is a Piper J-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1937. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbury, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 1973 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J-2
Serial number
1306
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A40 SERIES · 40 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1937
Cruising speed
59 mph
Transponder code
A13A4D (octal 50235115)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 8, 1973
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00802480

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ficklin Robert L
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 205
Fairbury, IL 61739-0205

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.

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