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A Aeronca C-3, the same model family as N15286
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N15286

Aeronca C-3

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida
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N15286 is an Aeronca C-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1935. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Pearlman Aircraft CO, a corporation in Orlando, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 21, 1993 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Aeronca
Model
C-3 · all C-3s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Aeronca C-3 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
A-617
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Aeronca E113 SERIES · 45 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1935
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A0D52C (octal 50152454)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 21, 1993
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00080890

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pearlman Aircraft CO
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3900 Neptune Dr
Orlando, FL 32804-2815

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N15286 links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N15286, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Pearlman Aircraft CO, a corporation, certificate issued January 21, 1993, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial A-617 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N15286 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N15286. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data