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N78420

Piper J3C-65

N78420 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 Moses Lake, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 1994 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 8, 1994.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
23159
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AAA219 (octal 52521031)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 15, 1994
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · January 8, 1994
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00301658

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Piercy Ronald S
Type
Individual
Address
11905 Rd 4 NE Unit 10
Moses Lake, WA 98837

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

1955-01-14Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

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