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N3785N

Piper J3C-65

Valid Alabama

N3785N is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Madison, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 25, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
14432
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A-65-8 · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A45497 (octal 51052227)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 29, 2025
Expires
July 31, 2032
Last FAA action
July 31, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · September 25, 1981
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00120104

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bedard Michael J Trustee
Type
Individual
Address
111 Brookside Cir
Madison, AL 35758-7677

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

1968-06-26Mooney M20F · Valid registration
1954-10-25Beech 35 · Valid registration

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