Piper PA-16
N5942H is a Piper PA-16, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Central, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 18, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 28, 1964.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-16 · all PA-16s and related versions
- Serial number
- 16-564
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1949
- Cruising speed
- 87 mph
- Transponder code
- A7AEE9 (octal 51727351)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 18, 2026
- Expires
- July 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 28, 1964
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00491965
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hendrickson Jacob N
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 30202
Central, AK 99730-0202
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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 N5942H, 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 Hendrickson Jacob N, an individual, certificate issued July 18, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 28, 1964, 15 years after the 1949 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 16-564 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5942H 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]
3 NTSB records under N5942H: Accident on March 17, 2013 at Big Lake, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 20, 2005 at Park City, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 15, 2002 at Umpqua, 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-16 · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to land on unsuitable terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC13CA034 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-16 · operated under 091
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane on the takeoff roll. Factors contributing to the accident included the loose gravel, ditch, and the fence.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA05CA148 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-16 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for unfavorable wind conditions and maintain clearance from the terrain during an attempted VFR go-around. Factors include an encounter with unfavorable wind conditions during the landing flare and the attempted go-around.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA02LA102 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