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N8131A

Piper J3C-65

Valid Wisconsin

N8131A is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in West Bend, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2012 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 5, 1946.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
16023
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AB16FD (octal 52613375)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 19, 2012
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 5, 1946
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00344581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ketter Kevin T
Type
Co-owned
Address
191 Heron Dr
West Bend, WI 53095-7838
Co-owners
Ketter James E

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 2

1982-09-12Piper PA-34-220T · exported to South Africa · Valid registration
1980-10-24Cessna 170B · exported to Peru · Valid registration

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