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N49500

Piper J3C-65S

N49500 is a Piper J3C-65S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Cottonwood, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 1, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65S
Serial number
G-3
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1942
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A6251C (octal 51422434)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 17, 2021
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 1, 1992
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00180675

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chain Steven R
Type
Co-owned
Address
19812 Freshwater Dr
Cottonwood, CA 96022-7756
Co-owners
Chain Leslee A

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