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N5913H

Piper PA-16

Valid Kansas

N5913H 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 co-owned owners in Manhattan, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 9, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-16
Serial number
16-527
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
A7A3E7 (octal 51721747)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 18, 2019
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · May 9, 1956
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00881885

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Messerla David M
Type
Co-owned
Address
7891 Fairview Church Rd
Manhattan, KS 66503-8732
Co-owners
Messerla Dawn A

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