Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E
N2587K is a Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Axtell, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated May 4, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Silvaire
- Model
- LUSCOMBE 8E · all LUSCOMBE 8Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 5314
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 · 200 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1948
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A2788D (octal 50474215)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 20, 2014
- Expires
- February 28, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · May 4, 2018
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00093162
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- May Michael S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 610 H Rd
Axtell, NE 68924-2415
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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 N2587K, 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 May Michael S, an individual, certificate issued February 20, 2014, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 4, 2018, 70 years after the 1948 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 5314 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2587K 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 N2587K: Accident on June 16, 1991 at Rock Springs, WY: 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: Luscombe 8E · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION TO ATTEMPT FLIGHTS IN UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CODNITIONS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA91LA134 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