Luscombe 8E
N2669K is a Luscombe 8E, 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 Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 14, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Luscombe
- Model
- 8E · all 8Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 5396
- 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
- A298E4 (octal 50514344)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 29, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 14, 1956
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00973412
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sherman Joseph R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 312 Asbury Rd NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-4836
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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 N2669K, 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 Sherman Joseph R, an individual, certificate issued January 29, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 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 5396 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2669K 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]
2 NTSB records under N2669K: Accident on February 23, 2024 at Truth Or Consequences, NM: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 8, 1985 at Albuquerque, NM: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8E · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during approach and landing that resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with a berm.
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 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 September 30, 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