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Piper J3C-65 · Topeka, KS
N98531 is a Piper J3C-65 (serial 7272), registered to American Flight Museum (corporation) in Topeka, KS. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from May 1995 (31 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES engine rated at 65 hp, the engine on 67% of registered Piper J3C-65s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ADC092. It is one of 3,196 Piper J3C-65 aircraft on the FAA registry. American Flight Museum holds 12 aircraft on the registry.
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2,016 of the 3,007 registered Piper J3C-65 carry this engine (67%), across 41 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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