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N5838H

Piper PA-16

Valid New York

N5838H is a Piper PA-16, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lake Placid, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 1981 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 18, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-16
Serial number
16-457
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1949
Cruising speed
87 mph
Transponder code
A78485 (octal 51702205)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 2, 1981
Expires
March 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · March 18, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00061695

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Politi Terris P
Type
Individual
Address
139 Elm St
Lake Placid, NY 12946-1369

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