{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1956-01-14","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-10-21","city":"FOREST LAKE","country_code":"US","county_code":"163","cruise_speed_mph":86,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17008","engine_horsepower":85,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C85 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-26","maker":"Luscombe","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LUSCOMBE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8190112","mode_s_code":"50437236","mode_s_hex":"A23E9E","model":"8E","n_number":"N2438K","name":"SCHWISTER STEVEN W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Willow","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-07-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC06LA094","probable_cause":"The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during landing, which resulted in an undershoot and an in-flight collision with trees.","registration":"N2438K","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 20, 2006 at Willow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2438K 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 Forest Lake, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2009 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 14, 1956.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Schwister Steven W, an individual, certificate issued October 21, 2009, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 14, 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5165 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N2438K according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N2438K: Accident on July 20, 2006 at Willow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"5165","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"18099 ELMCREST AVE N","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00302632","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2438K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1947,"zip":"550259749"}