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N52978

Piper J3C-65

N52978 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2012 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 18, 1989.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
10738
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A6ADCB (octal 51526713)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 7, 2012
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
September 22, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · September 18, 1989
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00504772

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcfalls Tommy R
Type
Individual
Address
234 Royal Bluff Rd
Jacksonville, NC 28540-3821

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