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N42585

Piper J-3

Valid Indiana

N42585 is a Piper J-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Plymouth, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 11, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J-3
Serial number
14866
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
56 mph
Transponder code
A511C0 (octal 51210700)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 22, 2010
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 11, 1955
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00161854

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Engel Stephen J
Type
Individual
Address
5285 Spruce Trl
Plymouth, IN 46563-8834

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