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N87889

Piper J3C-65

Valid Virginia

N87889 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 an individual in Powhatan, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 1974 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 16, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
15507
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C75 SERIES · 75 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AC17A0 (octal 53013640)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 2, 1974
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 16, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00112071

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Payne Billy J
Type
Individual
Address
6495 Old Buckingham Rd
Powhatan, VA 23139

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