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N98971

Piper PA-12

Valid Texas

N98971 is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 3 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Detroit, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 19, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-327
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
ADCFFA (octal 53347772)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 17, 2022
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · February 19, 1956
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00783560

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Whitaker Eric Lee
Type
Co-owned
Address
2013 County Road 2225
Detroit, TX 75436-3307
Co-owners
Whitaker David Lee

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