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N30916

Piper J5A

Valid Texas

N30916 is a Piper J5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Robinson, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2011 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 20, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5A
Serial number
5-283
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1940
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A3435B (octal 50641533)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 28, 2011
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · June 20, 1956
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00051343

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sowders Darwin G
Type
Individual
Address
930 Ivan
Robinson, TX 76706-6005

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data