1939
Year
C-FRDC — 1939 Piper J4A
C-FRDC is an amateur-built 1939 Piper J4A based in Sarnia, Ontario, listed on the Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register (serial 4 563).
Experimental / homebuilt
Category
Ontario
Based
9
Of this type in Canada
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Piper Cub (J-3, PA-11, PA-18 Super Cub) in Canada
- 3 listed on MarketPlane now, from $80,000 to $208,000.
- Most ask between $75,000 and $145,000. That's from 10 ads we've seen across Canada since August 2026, which ranged from $35,000 to $270,000.
The aircraft
Where it's based
BasedSarnia, Ontario
Identity
Registration
AirworthinessAmateur-built: the owner built at least half of it themselves, under Transport Canada's homebuilt standard. It cannot be flown for hire or reward, so no charter, no rental and no paid flight training.Special Certificate of Airworthiness Amateur Built
Where C-FRDC is, and how to track it
C-FRDC transmits ADS-B under the 24-bit address C02D35, which the trackers below use to find it. What the address is.
The owner of record and the certificate history are on Transport Canada's own lookup: see C-FRDC on the Transport Canada register →
How rare is C-FRDC?
The Piper J4A is rare in Canada. There are 9 on the register. It belongs to the Piper Cub (J-3, PA-11, PA-18 Super Cub) family, which has 889 in Canada.
- 5 of the 9 are in Ontario.
- Half of them were built before 1940. C-FRDC is older than most.
- Canada has 3,373 Piper aircraft of all models.
- Canada has 4,129 experimental / homebuilt aircraft, 1,312 of them in Ontario.
- 51 aircraft are based in Sarnia. See them all →
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Other Piper J4A in Canada
C-FPQG 1940 · C-FRBH 1940 · C-GIYA 1940 · C-FTBL 1939 · C-FKUM 1941 · C-FAWS 1940 · all Piper J4A → · every Piper in Canada →
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Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, current to September 29, 2026. Aircraft data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada. MarketPlane.ca is not affiliated with Transport Canada.