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N5279M

Piper PA-18

Valid Montana

N5279M is a Piper PA-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in White Sulphur Spgs, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 1994 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 10, 1988.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18
Serial number
18-119
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1949
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A6A68E (octal 51523216)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 12, 1994
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 10, 1988
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00474161

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Townsend Tod N
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 412
White Sulphur Spgs, MT 59645
Co-owners
Galt Ben R

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 2

1965-05-20Taylorcraft BC12-D · Valid registration
—Beech C24R · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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