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N70236

Piper J3C-65

Valid Illinois

N70236 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Greenfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 22, 1977 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 19, 1966.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
17212
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A95EDC (octal 52257334)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 22, 1977
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 19, 1966
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00370677

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thornton Sam W JR
Type
Individual
Address
1208 NE 500 St
Greenfield, IL 62044-4411

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