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N3171M

Piper PA-12

N3171M is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Napa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 7, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-1852
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
A36359 (octal 50661531)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 3, 2014
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 7, 1980
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00261633

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hubner Matthew B
Type
Individual
Address
3333 Cuttings Wharf Rd
Napa, CA 94559-9763

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