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N38643

Piper J5A

N38643 is a Piper J5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marion, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5A
Serial number
5-1028
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A47494 (octal 51072224)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 12, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00220424

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dykstra Dennis D
Type
Individual
Address
44791 269Th St
Marion, SD 57043-5110

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