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N26189

Piper J3L-65

Valid Illinois

N26189 is a Piper J3L-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 Plainfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2005 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 30, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3L-65
Serial number
4108
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
A28646 (octal 50503106)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 16, 2005
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 30, 1986
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00793302

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vanderbeek Robert K
Type
Individual
Address
8126 S Ridge Rd
Plainfield, IL 60544-9138

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