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A Luscombe 8 Silvaire, the same model family as N815B
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N815B

Luscombe 8F

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York

N815B is a Luscombe 8F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1950. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Williamsville, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 2004 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 14, 1956.

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Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8F · all 8Fs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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
6745
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 C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1950
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
AB1C08 (octal 52616010)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 10, 2004
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 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 · July 14, 1956
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00220142

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Strong James R
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
27 Cherrywood Ct
Williamsville, NY 14221-1503

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 N815B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Williamsville, NY 17 aircraft registered in this town
  • New York 6,660 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N815B, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Strong James R, an individual, certificate issued November 10, 2004, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 1956, 6 years after the 1950 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6745 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N815B according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N815B: Accident on April 13, 2025 at Punta Gorda, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ERA25LA180Accident on April 13, 2025 at Punta Gorda, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8F · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data