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N1940B

Piper J3C-65

Valid Oregon

N1940B is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bend, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 1993 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 12, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
4264
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1940
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A17961 (octal 50274541)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 5, 1993
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 12, 1955
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00072950

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Braatz Ronald W
Type
Individual
Address
61510 Cougar Trl
Bend, OR 97701-9424

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

1968-11-21Luscombe 8E · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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