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N87831

Piper J3C-65

Valid Minnesota

N87831 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 co-owned owners in Hawley, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 1986 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 14, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
15260
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AC16E9 (octal 53013351)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 29, 1986
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · May 14, 1968
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00742071

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sparrow Thomas E
Type
Co-owned
Address
Box 66
Hawley, MN 56549
Co-owners
Sparrow Todd 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.

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