Piper J5A
N40888 is a Piper J5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wausau, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 17, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- J5A · all J5As and related versions
- Serial number
- 5-1198
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C75 SERIES · 75 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 77 mph
- Transponder code
- A4CDEA (octal 51146752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 2, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · November 17, 1956
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00391304
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Uhl Chmiel John Wyatt
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 511 Kent St
Wausau, WI 54403-6929
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 N40888, 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 Uhl Chmiel John Wyatt, an individual, certificate issued April 2, 2020, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 17, 1956, 15 years after the 1941 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 5-1198 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N40888 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 N40888: Accident on March 15, 1999 at Wausau, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 23, 1995 at Wausau, WI: 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 J5A · operated under 091
the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the lack of suitable terrain for landing. A factor to the accident was the aircraft owner not performing necessary maintenance to the aircraft.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI99LA109 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper J-5A · operated under 091
the pilot's misjudgment of the clearance between the airplane and the fuel pumps.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI95LA194 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