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Piper J5A · 1941 · Port Townsend, WA
N38030 is a 1941 Piper J5A (serial 5-838), registered to Port Townsend Aero Museum (corporation) in Port Townsend, WA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2027. It carries a Cont Motor A&C75 SERIES engine rated at 75 hp, the engine on 50% of registered Piper J5As. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A45E24. It is one of 268 Piper J5A aircraft on the FAA registry. Port Townsend Aero Museum holds 55 aircraft on the registry.
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129 of the 257 registered Piper J5A carry this engine (50%), across 14 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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