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N98509

Piper J3C-65

N98509 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 Willits, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 24, 1997.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
18712
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
ADC031 (octal 53340061)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 22, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · September 24, 1997
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00665531

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Swanton Peter K
Type
Individual
Address
65 S Main St
Willits, CA 95490-3525

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1965-06-08Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

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