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N38712

Piper J5A

Valid Louisiana

N38712 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 Sunset, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 6, 2010.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5A
Serial number
51068
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A75-9 · 75 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A477E1 (octal 51073741)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 16, 2023
Expires
September 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 6, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · July 6, 2010
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00026839

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thistlethwaite Edward A JR
Type
Individual
Address
172 Fire Willow Trl
Sunset, LA 70584-6137

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1990-08-24Piper PA-34-200T · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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