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N88653

Piper J3C-65

N88653 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 Clark Bobby J, a partnership in Gettysburg, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 1, 1983 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 21, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
16282
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
AC3742 (octal 53033502)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 1, 1983
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · March 21, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00341851

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Clark Bobby J
Type
Partnership
Address
29995 169Th St
Gettysburg, SD 57442-8612
Co-owners
Clark Nancy J

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