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
1941
Serial number
5-512
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
A3A765
Engine
Make and model
Cont Motor A&C75 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
75 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
until 2013Individual ownerForest, VA
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
Mar 24, 1984 · Forest, VA
THE ACFT WAS TAXIED DIRECTLY TO TAKEOFF AFTER BEING HANDPROPPED TO START. TO THE WITNESS WHO HANDPROPPED THE ACFT IT APPEARED TO CLIMB AT ABOUT A 70 DEGREE ANGLE AFTER TAKEOFF AND STALL BEFORE DIVING NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND. ENGINE SOUNDS REMAINED CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE FLT. THIS WITNESS RAN TO THE ACFT AND NOTICED THE AFT STICK TIED IN THE FULL AFTPOSITION BY THE REAR SEAT BELT. THE PLT…
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.