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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1
N272Y is a Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1941. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Minot, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 13, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 16, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Luscombe Airplane Corp.
- Model
- PHANTOM 1 · all PHANTOM 1s 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. The Phantom of 1934: an all-metal fuselage with fabric-covered wings. This is how the Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1 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
- 131
- 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 · Warner SS40&50 · 90 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1941
- Cruising speed
- 120 mph
- Transponder code
- A2B010 (octal 50530020)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 13, 2007
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · August 16, 1955
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00890013
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pietsch Warren
- 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
- 2216 N Broadway
Minot, ND 58703-1011
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N272Y links to the rest of the register
- Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1 7 registered
- Luscombe Airplane Corp. 8 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Warner SS40&50 150 aircraft with this engine series · 90 hp
- Minot, ND 237 aircraft registered in this town
- Minot International · MOT
- North Dakota 2,493 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1 3 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N272Y, 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 Pietsch Warren, an individual, certificate issued September 13, 2007, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 16, 1955, 14 years after the 1941 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 131 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N272Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Luscombe Airplane Corp. PHANTOM 1 (serial 1, cancelled June 27, 1935). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N272Y: Accident on October 1, 1995 at Rolla, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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 PHANTOM 1 · operated under 091
mechanical failure of the left brake.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data