We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Piper
Model
J5A
Year
1940
Serial number
5-393
Aircraft type
Fixed wing single engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
3
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A38F98
Engine
Make and model
Cont Motor C85 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
85 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
1988 – nowCo-ownersMankato, MN · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
Oct 31, 1987 · Devils Lake, ND
A COMMERCIAL PLT WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO ANOTHER COMMERCIAL PLT WITH A CFI RATING. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OVER A WATER FOWL PRODUCTION LAKE. THE PLT STATED THAT DURING A TURN AND PULL UP, THE ENGINE LOSTPOWER AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE LAKE. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS/FAILURES WERE FOUND.
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.