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N87825

Piper J3C-65

N87825 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 2 seats. It is registered to E C Nelson INC, a corporation in Rio Oso, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 5, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
15220
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AC16CA (octal 53013312)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 28, 2014
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · September 5, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00612071

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
E C Nelson INC
Type
Corporation
Address
4615 Bear River Dr
Rio Oso, CA 95674-9625

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