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N40685

Piper J5A

Valid Florida

N40685 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 Tallahassee, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 21, 1969 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 16, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5A
Serial number
51117
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A4C679 (octal 51143171)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 21, 1969
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 16, 1956
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00761214

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pierce James C
Type
Individual
Address
2045 Faulk Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32303

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