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N87973

Piper J3C-65

Valid Virginia

N87973 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 Danville, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 21, 1991.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
15591
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AC1B2E (octal 53015456)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 11, 2013
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 21, 1991
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00612041

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Davis Michael Dan
Type
Individual
Address
177 Homeport Ln
Danville, VA 24540-9015

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