Piper PA-24
N5002P is a Piper PA-24, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Deer Park, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 21, 1957.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-24 · all PA-24s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-24 Comanche family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 24-5
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 120 mph
- Transponder code
- A63C9C (octal 51436234)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 21, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 21, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 21, 1957
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00330925
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ortman Bernard
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2202 Peyton Pl
Deer Park, TX 77536-4225
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.
Connections how N5002P links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-24 Comanche 2,428 registered
- Piper 44,847 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,931 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Deer Park, TX 7 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-24 Comanche 51 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-24 Comanche 246 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-24 Comanche 484 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N5002P, 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 Ortman Bernard, an individual, certificate issued October 21, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 21, 1957, consistent with the 1957 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-5 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5002P 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]
1 NTSB record under N5002P: Accident on July 15, 2026 at Medford, OR: 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24 · operated under 091
On July 14, 2026, about 1725 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-24 airplane, N5002P, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Rogue Valley International/Medford Airport (MFR), Medford. Oregon. The two pilots were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight instructor reported that he and the pilot had intended to familiarize themselves with the airplane after it had been purchased by a new owner. Prior to the accident flight, the new airplane owner reported to the flight instructor that the prebuy i…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data