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N38881

Piper J-3

Valid Virginia

N38881 is a Piper J-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Bishops LTD, a corporation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 1, 2003 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 27, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J-3
Serial number
7369
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
56 mph
Transponder code
A47C8C (octal 51076214)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 1, 2003
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 27, 1955
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00830514

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bishops LTD
Type
Corporation
Address
2253 Haversham Close
Virginia Beach, VA 23454-1152

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