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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A
N2218K is a Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Johnson City, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 23, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Silvaire
- Model
- LUSCOMBE 8A · all LUSCOMBE 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; 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
- 4945
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A1E832 (octal 50364062)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 16, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 · November 23, 1955
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00441742
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Estaban Granwel G
- 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
- 3333 Bondwood Cir
Johnson City, TN 37604-8904
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2218K links to the rest of the register
- Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8 184 registered
- Silvaire 200 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 7,967 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Johnson City, TN 63 aircraft registered in this town
- Johnson City Airport · 0A4
- Tennessee 6,518 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2218K.json.
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The public federal record on N2218K, 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 Estaban Granwel G, an individual, certificate issued November 16, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 23, 1955, 8 years after the 1947 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 4945 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2218K 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 N2218K: Accident on August 28, 2009 at Sandy, OR: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to continue the landing rather than execute a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed and altitude during the approach.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data