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N88480

Piper J3C-65

Valid Michigan

N88480 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 Allen Park, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 19, 1996 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 5, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
16104
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
AC303A (octal 53030072)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 19, 1996
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · September 5, 1957
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00761871

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Spear Thomas R
Type
Individual
Address
9274 Melbourne Ave
Allen Park, MI 48101-1452

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