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N70985

Piper J3C-65

Valid Alaska

N70985 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ketchikan, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 13, 2001 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 27, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
21080
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
A9798B (octal 52274613)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 13, 2001
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 27, 1956
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00263398

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thompson George W
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 8342
Ketchikan, AK 99901-3342

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