The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 28, 2026

Wright J-5

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Wright J-5 engine, rated at about 220 horsepower. The Stearman Aircraft C3 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1927 and 2018.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Wright J-5. FAA spelling: J-5.

Fitted to model families

Stearman Aircraft C32Cannavo RYAN NYP1Cessna 1701John Norman RYAN NYP1Pitcairn PA-51Pitcairn PA-61Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum RYAN NYP1Travel Air 40001
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Stearman Aircraft C32
Cannavo RYAN NYP1
Cessna 1701
John Norman RYAN NYP1
Pitcairn PA-51
Pitcairn PA-61
Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum RYAN NYP1
Travel Air 40001

Stearman Aircraft C3 · Cannavo RYAN NYP · Cessna 170 · John Norman RYAN NYP · Pitcairn PA-5 · Pitcairn PA-6 · Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum RYAN NYP · Travel Air 4000

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles9100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19204
19702
20102

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/wright-j-5.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N4834 Travel Air
4000
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Oregon
Standard 2022-04-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6438 Stearman Aircraft
C3-B
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Standard 2021-05-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N211XX John Norman
RYAN NYP
Fixed-wing, single engine Jne Aircraft LLC
Burlington, Washington
Experimental 2015-09-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3320 Pitcairn
PA-5
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Ohio
None on file 2013-06-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8811 Stearman Aircraft
C3-B
Fixed-wing, single engine Alfred and Lois Kelch Aviation Museum INC
Brodhead, Wisconsin
Standard 2012-06-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N548K Pitcairn
PA-6
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2003-12-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N211XC Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum
RYAN NYP
Fixed-wing, single engine Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum
Rhinebeck, New York
Experimental 2002-07-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N211NX Cannavo
RYAN NYP
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 1994-11-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2115D Cessna
170B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Minnesota
Experimental 1986-11-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 28, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.