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N40720

Piper J5B

Valid Minnesota

N40720 is a Piper J5B, 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 Austin, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 1985 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 5, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5B
Serial number
5-1152
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A4C959 (octal 51144531)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 17, 1985
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 5, 1955
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00861234

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Luthe Carl E
Type
Individual
Address
52008 State Highway 251
Austin, MN 55912-5760

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