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N42896

Piper J3C-65

Valid Florida

N42896 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Saint Augustine, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2013 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 5, 1995.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
15231
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-200 SERIES · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A51D09 (octal 51216411)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 8, 2013
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
October 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 5, 1995
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00821964

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vaughn Michael R
Type
Co-owned
Address
2800 N 6Th St Ste 5531
Saint Augustine, FL 32084-1920
Co-owners
Tarble John F

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