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N38794

Piper J3C-65

N38794 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in St Helena Is, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 1997 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 13, 1990.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
7271
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A478FB (octal 51074373)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 10, 1997
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 13, 1990
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00170484

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shealy Charles T
Type
Individual
Address
88 Front St
St Helena Is, SC 29920-6630

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