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N46956

Piper-Ford J3

Valid Missouri

N46956 is a Piper-Ford J3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Craig, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper-Ford
Model
J3
Serial number
16489F
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5BE30 (octal 51337060)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 16, 2014
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00543374

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Drewes David L
Type
Individual
Address
17454 Candle Rd
Craig, MO 64437-8197

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

1955-10-24Commonwealth REARWIN 9000-KR · Valid registration

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