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N40986

Piper J5B

N40986 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 Air America INC, a corporation in Stow, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2014 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 26, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
J5B
Serial number
5-1220
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&GO-145C SER · 75 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1941
Cruising speed
77 mph
Transponder code
A4D19F (octal 51150637)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 29, 2014
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 26, 1955
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00521304

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Air America INC
Type
Corporation
Address
84 Boxboro Rd
Stow, MA 01775-1159

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