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Piper J3L-65 · 1940 · Kalispell, MT
N32635 is a 1940 Piper J3L-65 (serial 5504), registered to Smith James E Trustee (co-owner) in Kalispell, MT. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2031; the airworthiness certificate dates from January 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C145 SERIES engine rated at 145 hp, the engine on 2% of registered Piper J3L-65s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A38779. It is one of 179 Piper J3L-65 aircraft on the FAA registry. Smith James E Trustee holds 23 aircraft on the registry.
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3 of the 172 registered Piper J3L-65 carry this engine (2%), across 18 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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