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N78495

Piper PA-12

Valid Maryland

N78495 is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Monkton, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 2002 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 23, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-3906
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
AAA313 (octal 52521423)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 25, 2002
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 23, 1957
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00344930

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Forbes James A
Type
Co-owned
Address
16623 Hereford Rd
Monkton, MD 21111-1421
Co-owners
Forbes Alice L

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