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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Piper J4A
N30986 is a Piper J4A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 24, 1958.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J4A · all J4As and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe 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 Piper J4 Cub Coupe 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
- 4-1264
- 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 · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A34450 (octal 50642120)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 17, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 3, 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 · November 24, 1958
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00891353
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lundy William C
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3584 Avalon Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44120-5205
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N30986 links to the rest of the register
- Piper J4 Cub Coupe 197 registered
- Piper 44,840 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Shaker Heights, OH 6 aircraft registered in this town
- Ohio 8,531 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper J4 Cub Coupe 9 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper J4 Cub Coupe 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper J4 Cub Coupe 35 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N30986, 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.
Valid registration to Lundy William C, an individual, certificate issued April 17, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4-1264 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N30986 according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N30986: Accident on August 5, 1985 at Duncan, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J4A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data