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N3871M

Piper PA-12

Valid Minnesota

N3871M 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 Eveleth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2009 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 20, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-2886
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
A477D2 (octal 51073722)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 28, 2009
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · June 20, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00150504

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Prout Paul D
Type
Co-owned
Address
4497 Woodlawn Dr E
Eveleth, MN 55734-4017
Co-owners
Dawson Adam 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