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N38812

Piper J3L-65

Valid Virginia

N38812 is a Piper J3L-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Van Metre Air LLC, an LLC in Fairfax, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 9, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 19, 1982.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3L-65
Serial number
7298
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A47B98 (octal 51075630)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 9, 2024
Expires
December 31, 2031
Last FAA action
December 9, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 19, 1982
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00861962

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Van Metre Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
9900 Main St Ste 500
Fairfax, VA 22031-3907

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