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N32778

Piper J3C-65

N32778 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 Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 5, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
5607
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A-65-8 · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1940
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A38BBF (octal 50705677)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
April 5, 2007
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · July 5, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00255461

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bartel Christopher H DBA
Type
Individual
Address
1565 Airport Rd
Williamsburg, PA 16693-7727
Co-owners
Cove Valley Aviation

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 2

1976-01-12Piper PA-28-140 · exported to Canada · Valid registration
1956-02-20Piper J4A · Valid registration

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