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N88204

Piper J3C-65

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota

N88204 is a Piper J3C-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Woodbury, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for other, dated May 18, 2020.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J3C-65 · all J3C-65s 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 Piper J-3 Cub 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
15821
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 C90-12F · 95 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
67 mph
Transponder code
AC27B8 (octal 53023670)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 2, 2024
Expires
October 31, 2031
Last FAA action
October 2, 2024
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 · OtherFAA certificate purpose code O (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 18, 2020
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00676891

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wallace Gerald G JR
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
11305 Harness Draw
Woodbury, MN 55129-1202

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N88204 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Woodbury, MN 27 aircraft registered in this town
  • Minnesota 6,946 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N88204, 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 Wallace Gerald G JR, an individual, certificate issued October 2, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15821 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N88204 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N88204: Accident on August 30, 2020 at Hartford, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

CEN20LA436Accident on August 30, 2020 at Hartford, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J3 · operated under 091

The pilot’s loss of situation awareness which resulted in landing in a grass area and the subsequent collision with a runway marker.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data