Piper J5A
N270JS is a Piper J5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bangs, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 13, 2011 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated November 18, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J5A · all J5As and related versions
- Serial number
- 5-18
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1940
- Cruising speed
- 77 mph
- Transponder code
- A2A755 (octal 50523525)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 13, 2011
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · November 18, 1999
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00335360
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aubin Carol
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5995 County Rd 210
Bangs, TX 76823
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N270JS, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Aubin Carol, an individual, certificate issued January 13, 2011, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 18, 1999, 59 years after the 1940 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5-18 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N270JS according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N270JS: Accident on February 20, 2005 at Kenai, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 1, 2002 at Soldotna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J-5A · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a precautionary landing, which resulted in a collision with a snow berm during the landing flare. Factors contributing to the accident were flat light conditions, the presence of a snow berm along the edge of a roadway selected as the landing area, and a high oil pressure gage indication.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC05LA042 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J5A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to remove all water from the airplane's fuel supply during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03LA016 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data