Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E
N2542K is a Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Silvaire Salmon LLC, an LLC in Dillingham, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 12, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Silvaire
- Model
- LUSCOMBE 8E · all LUSCOMBE 8Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 5269
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A26902 (octal 50464402)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 29, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · May 12, 1956
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00672982
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Silvaire Salmon LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 161
Dillingham, AK 99576-0161
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N2542K, 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 Silvaire Salmon LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 29, 2020, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 12, 1956, 9 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 5269 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2542K 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]
3 NTSB records under N2542K: Accident on March 2, 2014 at Alegnagik, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 6, 1993 at Dillingham, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 20, 1988 at Dillingham, AK: no 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to determine that the ice that he was taxiing on was safe for operation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC14CA017 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe SL8 · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC93LA135 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8E · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC88LA113 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data