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Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL · 1950 · Great Barrington, MA
N390SC is a 1950 Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (serial 18-194), registered to Jacobs Jim (individual) in Great Barrington, MA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires May 2031; the airworthiness certificate dates from June 2010 (16 years ago). It carries a Lycoming IO-390 SER engine rated at 210 hp, the engine on 1% of registered Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A4845C. It is one of 97 Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL aircraft on the FAA registry. Jacobs Jim holds 3 aircraft on the registry.
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1 of the 92 registered Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL carry this engine (1%), across 9 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
A Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL needs roughly 900 ft of runway for takeoff at sea level (takeoff distance ~775 ft plus a 15% safety margin). Check it against a destination airport →
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