Luscombe 8E
N37GH 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 Frederick, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 15, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 22, 1956.
Where is it now Last seen November 1 at 10:24 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Luscombe
- Model
- 8E · all 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; the 8E and 8F are all-metal. This is how the Luscombe 8 Silvaire 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
- 4683
- 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
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A43210 (octal 51031020)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 15, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- February 27, 2025
- 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 · April 22, 1956
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00123000
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ackland Gordon S
- 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
- 543 Garden Gate Dr
Frederick, MD 21702-1769
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 N37GH links to the rest of the register
- Luscombe 8 Silvaire 1,420 registered
- Luscombe 1,472 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental C85 series 4,672 aircraft with this engine series · 85 hp
- Frederick, MD 100 aircraft registered in this town
- Frederick Municipal · FDK
- Maryland 2,362 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Luscombe 8 Silvaire 14 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Luscombe 8 Silvaire 57 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental C85 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C85 series 12 reports since 1995
- Where N37GH is now · Last seen November 1 at 10:24 am.
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The public federal record on N37GH, 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 Ackland Gordon S, an individual, certificate issued May 15, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 22, 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 4683 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N37GH 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 N37GH: Accident on June 16, 2005 at Orangeburg, SC: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8E · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.
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