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N38857

Piper J3F-65

N38857 is a Piper J3F-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Live Oak, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 1, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 23, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3F-65
Serial number
7345
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A-65 SER · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A47C29 (octal 51076051)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 1, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 1, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 23, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00310504

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cheney Arthur M
Type
Individual
Address
1375 Bishop Ave
Live Oak, CA 95953-9612

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