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N3870M

Piper PA-12

Valid Alaska

N3870M 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 co-owned owners in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 4, 1999 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 8, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-2789
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
A477AF (octal 51073657)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 4, 1999
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · November 8, 1955
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00111928

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sloan William R
Type
Co-owned
Address
9550 Homestead Trl
Anchorage, AK 99507-6728
Co-owners
Sloan Teri J

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