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N1968G

Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8F

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N1968G is a Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Boling, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 7, 1959.

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Aircraft

Maker
Silvaire
Model
LUSCOMBE 8F · all LUSCOMBE 8Fs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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; later ones are all-metal. This is how the Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8 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
S-47
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 C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
A181EC (octal 50300754)

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 5, 2017
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 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 · August 7, 1959
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00633410

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Giles Joseph Allen
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
4650 Fm 1096 Rd
Boling, TX 77420-9823

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1975-08-02Cessna 421B · exported to France · Valid registration

Connections how N1968G links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Boling, TX 3 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N1968G, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Giles Joseph Allen, an individual, certificate issued October 5, 2017, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated August 7, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S-47 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1968G was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 421B (serial 421B0860, cancelled August 2, 1975). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N1968G. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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