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N72281

Piper J-3

Valid Louisiana

N72281 is a Piper J-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lafayette, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 1997 and expires on October 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J-3
Serial number
3830
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
56 mph
Transponder code
A9AE84 (octal 52327204)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 29, 1997
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00156621

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fallis John S
Type
Individual
Address
105 Danbury Cir
Lafayette, LA 70503-5400

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

1964-07-31Cessna 120 · Valid registration

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