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Piper J-2 · 1936 · Red Bluff, CA
N17542 is a 1936 Piper J-2 (serial 1042), registered to Griffin Lauriane Trustee (co-owner) in Red Bluff, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from March 2015 (11 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A40-4 engine rated at 40 hp, the engine on 5% of registered Piper J-2s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A12EBF. It is one of 48 Piper J-2 aircraft on the FAA registry.
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2 of the 43 registered Piper J-2 carry this engine (5%), across 6 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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