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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Silvaire 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.
Where is it now Last seen October 16 at 2:04 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Silvaire
- Model
- LUSCOMBE 8E · all LUSCOMBE 8Es 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
- 5269
- 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 C85 SERIES · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A26902 (octal 50464402)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 29, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 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 · May 12, 1956
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00672982
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Silvaire Salmon LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 161
Dillingham, AK 99576-0161
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 N2542K 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 C85 series 4,671 aircraft with this engine series · 85 hp
- Silvaire Salmon LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Dillingham, AK 85 aircraft registered in this town
- Dillingham Airport · DLG
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental C85 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C85 series 12 reports since 1995
- Where N2542K is now · Last seen October 16 at 2:04 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2542K.json.
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8E · operated under 091
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