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N5987H

Piper PA-16

Valid Alaska

N5987H is a Piper PA-16, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Sterling, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2012 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 1, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-16
Serial number
16-615
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
87 mph
Transponder code
A7BE74 (octal 51737164)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 8, 2012
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · February 1, 1956
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00412065

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Farrell Tom
Type
Co-owned
Address
37472 Dutch Landing Loop
Sterling, AK 99672-9654
Co-owners
Farrell Tammy

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