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N78400

Piper J3C-65

N78400 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 Modesto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 10, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
22748
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
AAA1D3 (octal 52520723)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 2, 2025
Expires
December 31, 2032
Last FAA action
December 2, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · May 10, 1978
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00484920

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ramsdell Willis L
Type
Individual
Address
4424 S Carpenter Rd
Modesto, CA 95358-8707

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