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N40981

Piper J3L-65

N40981 is a Piper J3L-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 Belhaven, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 10, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 8, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3L-65
Serial number
7632
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A4D19A (octal 51150632)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 10, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · April 8, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00512101

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Armstrong Bobby
Type
Individual
Address
8581 Nc 45 N
Belhaven, NC 27810

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1965-05-20Piper J5A · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data