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N3988M

Piper PA-12

Valid Alaska

N3988M 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 Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 1990 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 29, 1983.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-3004
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
A4A3FD (octal 51121775)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 25, 1990
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · November 29, 1983
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00580884

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fishback Steve M
Type
Co-owned
Address
3037 Knik Ave
Anchorage, AK 99517-1206
Co-owners
Fishback Jan L

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