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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A
N28437 is a Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Handerson Ron SR, a partnership in Sitka, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 11, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 7, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Silvaire
- Model
- LUSCOMBE 8A · all LUSCOMBE 8As 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
- 1304
- 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 A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1940
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A2DFB8 (octal 50557670)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 11, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 11, 2024
- 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 · September 7, 1955
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00720443
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Handerson Ron SR
- Type
- PartnershipFAA type of owner code 2 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2702 Sawmill Creek Rd
Sitka, AK 99835-9798 - Co-owners
- Lundgren Kari M
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N28437 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 A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Handerson Ron SR 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Sitka, AK 47 aircraft registered in this town
- Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · SIT
- Sitka Seaplane Base · A29
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Fan, malfunctioned · 2013-09-29
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The public federal record on N28437, 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 Handerson Ron SR, a partnership, certificate issued March 11, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 7, 1955, 15 years after the 1940 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 1304 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N28437 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 N28437: Accident on April 19, 2016 at Burlington, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 26, 2015 at Anacortes, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A · operated under 091
The pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll, resulting in a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and ground loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A · operated under 091
The pilot's excessive brake application during the landing roll resulting in a nose over.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data