Luscombe 8A
N45886 is a Luscombe 8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sonoma, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Luscombe
- Model
- 8A · all 8As and related versions
- Serial number
- 2413
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 86 mph
- Transponder code
- A59363 (octal 51311543)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 23, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 23, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00424772
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Craig Richard L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 21870 8Th St E # C-4
Sonoma, CA 95476-9796
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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 N45886, 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 Craig Richard L, an individual, certificate issued April 23, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2413 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N45886 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 N45886: Accident on July 7, 2026 at Novato, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 26, 1999 at Gualala, CA: 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 8A · operated under 091
On July 7, 2026, about 1200 Pacific daylight time, a Luscombe 8A, N45886, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Novato, California. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. While conducting touch-and-go takeoff and landings on runway 31 at Gnoss Field (DVO), Novato, California, the engine experienced a partial loss of power during the departure climb about 600 ft above ground level. As the pilot attempted to return to the departure runway, he applied carburetor heat and t…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26LA251 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8A · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to attain and maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall/mush and a collision with the ground.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX00LA057 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