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Piper J-2 · 1937 · Greenfield, IA
N17247 is a 1937 Piper J-2 (serial 913), registered to Antique Preservation Assn Greenfield (corporation) in Greenfield, IA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires April 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from May 1973 (53 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A40 SERIES engine rated at 40 hp, the engine on 79% of registered Piper J-2s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A1239F. It is one of 48 Piper J-2 aircraft on the FAA registry. Antique Preservation Assn Greenfield holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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34 of the 43 registered Piper J-2 carry this engine (79%), across 6 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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