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N5856H

Piper PA-16

Valid Delaware

N5856H 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 Waco West INC, a corporation in Dover, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2005 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 25, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-16
Serial number
16-474
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
A78BAD (octal 51705655)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 22, 2005
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
September 16, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · May 25, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00531755

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Waco West INC
Type
Corporation
Address
8 The Green Ste A
Dover, DE 19901-3618

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