Luscombe 11A
N1639B is a Luscombe 11A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bates City, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2018 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 12, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Luscombe
- Model
- 11A · all 11As 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. The Sedan: all-metal. This is how the Luscombe 11 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
- 11-145
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 111 mph
- Transponder code
- A10068 (octal 50200150)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 15, 2018
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- 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 · September 12, 1955
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00302120
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Anderson Mark A
- 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
- PO Box 303
Bates City, MO 64011-0303
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N1639B links to the rest of the register
- Luscombe 11 27 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
- Bates City, MO 28 aircraft registered in this town
- Harry S Truman Regional · 2M1
- Missouri 5,813 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Luscombe 11 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Luscombe 11 7 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N1639B, 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 Anderson Mark A, an individual, certificate issued December 15, 2018, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11-145 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1639B 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 N1639B: Accident on November 15, 1988 at Houston, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 11A · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data