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N98517

Piper J3C-65

Valid Montana

N98517 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 Lewistown, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2008 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 8, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65
Serial number
18724
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
ADC052 (octal 53340122)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 26, 2008
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 8, 1971
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00083700

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Peter R
Type
Individual
Address
4390 Lime Kiln Rd
Lewistown, MT 59457-8036

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