Luscombe 8A
N1164K is a Luscombe 8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Canton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 25, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 10, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Luscombe
- Model
- 8A · all 8As 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. Early models have fabric-covered wings; the 8E and 8F are all-metal. This is how the Luscombe 8 Silvaire 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
- 3891
- 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 · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A0456B (octal 50042553)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 25, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 25, 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 · December 10, 1956
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00911200
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Goode Stephen C
- 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
- 5437 Fm 3227
Canton, TX 75103-8560
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 N1164K links to the rest of the register
- Luscombe 8 Silvaire 1,420 registered
- Luscombe 1,472 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Canton, TX 31 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,986 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Luscombe 8 Silvaire 14 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Luscombe 8 Silvaire 57 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N1164K, 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 Goode Stephen C, an individual, certificate issued May 25, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 10, 1956, 10 years after the 1946 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 3891 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1164K 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 N1164K: Accident on July 14, 2026 at Canton, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8A · operated under 091
On July 14, 2026, sometime between 1252 and 1356 CDT, a Luscombe 8A, N1164K, was substantially damaged when it crashed in a field near Canton, Texas. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight had originated from the pilot’s private airstrip where the airplane was hangared, which was oriented north to south. A farmer discovered the airplane wreckage about 800 ft northwest of the private airstrip, at about 1356. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident. The pilot sent a …
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data