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N38048

Piper J5A

N38048 is a Piper J5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Washington, District of Columbia. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 1982 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 13, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5A
Serial number
5-854
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C75 SERIES · 75 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A45E4F (octal 51057117)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 18, 1982
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · February 13, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00930214

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thiel Roger N
Type
Individual
Address
650 Wharf St SW # 88
Washington, DC 20024

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