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N5830

General Aircraft Co THUNDERBIRD W-14

N5830 is a General Aircraft Co THUNDERBIRD W-14, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1928. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2008 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 24, 2009.

Aircraft

Maker
General Aircraft Co
Model
THUNDERBIRD W-14
Serial number
2812
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Curtiss OX-5 · 90 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1928
Transponder code
A78365 (octal 51701545)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 17, 2008
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · August 24, 2009
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00200628

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jenkins George Merritt
Type
Individual
Address
131 Iron Works Way
Wayne, PA 19087-4200

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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