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N5216H

Piper PA-16

N5216H is a Piper PA-16, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Somers, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2008 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 3, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-16
Serial number
16-18
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1944
Cruising speed
87 mph
Transponder code
A68FD7 (octal 51507727)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 28, 2008
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · April 3, 1957
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00772345

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Watkins John W
Type
Individual
Address
26 Lance Dr
Somers, CT 06071-1704

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