N8554Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Luscombe 8A built in 1946. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 24, 2018. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Luscombe 8A cancelled April 24, 2018
- Serial number
- 2658
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1946
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 28, 2011
- Last FAA action
- June 9, 2014
- Last owner
- Plourde Robert J (Individual)
Ellington, CT - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Piper PA-30 cancelled June 1, 1971
- Serial number
- 30-1701
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- July 29, 1968
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Roe Del INC (Corporation)
Middletownsprings, VT - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8554Y
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Luscombe 8 · serial 2658
The flying pilot's excessive maneuvering of the airplane at a slow airspeed, which resulted in exceedance of the critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilots' operation of the airplane over its maximum allowable gross weight.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site