Luscombe 8 Silvaire
1,420 on the U.S. register across 7 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1939 to 1981; half of them date from 1946 or earlier. California has the most (141). 10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.
About the 8 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Cont Motor A&C65 Series (800), Cont Motor C85 Series (324), Cont Motor C90 Series (104)
- Seats
- 2
- Cruise speed
- about 86 mph
- Maker on the register
- Luscombe
- Registered
- earliest certificate December 26, 1940; newest September 20, 2026
Where they are owner's state
California141Texas126Florida69Ohio62Washington59Illinois56Georgia53Minnesota48Missouri45North Carolina44Wisconsin43Michigan41
Who owns them registrant type
Individual1,115 (79%)Co-owned156 (11%)LLC70 (5%)Corporation50 (4%)Partnership26 (2%)Not stated2 (0.1%)Government1 (0.1%)
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
When they were built by decade · 275 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
Registration status
Valid1,392 (98%)Pending19 (1%)Revoked4 (0.3%)Pending cancellation2 (0.1%)Canceled2 (0.1%)Sale reported1 (0.1%)
Airworthiness certificate class
Standard1,363 (96%)None on file47 (3%)Experimental8 (0.6%)Special flight permit1 (0.1%)Multiple1 (0.1%)
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Daphna INC4Slack Jonathan D2Professional Pilots INC2Lee Robert E2Zubor Robert L JR1Yost Alfred R1Woelbing Aviation LLC1Wings N Nuts INC1Wings Den LLC1Windsock Capital LLC1Wild Animal Sanctuary1Whitten Flying Service Equipment LLC1
Fleet pages: Daphna INC · Slack Jonathan D · Professional Pilots INC · Woelbing Aviation LLC · Windsock Capital LLC · Whitten Flying Service Equipment LLC
Accident history NTSB records · 406 cases since 1982, 49 fatal
2026-07-14WPR26FA257 · 8A N1164K · accident near Canton, TX · 1 killed
2026-07-07WPR26LA251 · 8A N45886 · accident near Novato, CA · no injuries
2026-04-19CEN26LA169 · 8E N1398K · accident near Meeker, CO · no injuries
2025-11-12WPR26LA044 · 8A N1264K · accident near Fresno, CA · no injuries
2025-07-05CEN25LA239 · 8A N71790 · accident near Newaygo, MI · no injuries
2025-04-18WPR25LA141 · 8 N1286B · accident near Placerville, CA · no injuries
2025-04-13ERA25LA180 · 8F N815B · accident near Punta Gorda, FL · no injuries
2025-02-11ERA25LA115 · 8A N77989 · accident near Hampton, NH · no injuries
The 8 most recent of 406 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Luscombe 8 Silvaire aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
1,420 as of October 2, 2026, counting 7 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Luscombe 8s?
California, with 141.
Who owns the Luscombe 8?
10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 897 8A (all versions)
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N71555 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2010-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20659 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2010-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1117B | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2010-06-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71496 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2010-05-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45514 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner New Jersey |
Standard | 2010-04-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45567 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Vermont |
Standard | 2010-04-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45847 | Luscombe 8A |
Southwest Aero Tech LLC Punta Gorda, Florida |
Standard | 2010-03-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77988 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2010-03-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2213K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2010-03-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71919 | Luscombe 8A |
Professional Pilots INC Lowell, Indiana |
Standard | 2010-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45518 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2009-11-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45635 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2009-11-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2750K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2009-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71524 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2009-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71574 | Luscombe 8A |
Almena State Bank Almena, Kansas |
Standard | 2009-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77838 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2009-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28424 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2009-04-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2588K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Georgia |
None on file | 2009-04-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1087K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2009-03-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1378K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2009-03-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77893 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2009-01-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2259K | Luscombe 8A |
Silvaire Aviation LLC Danville, Indiana |
Standard | 2008-12-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N99LC | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2008-11-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71230 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Kansas |
Standard | 2008-10-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77841 | Luscombe 8A |
Delaware Sport Flyers INC Farmland, Indiana |
Standard | 2008-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N39041 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2008-09-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2969K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2008-09-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71997 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2008-09-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45755 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2008-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2064B | Luscombe 8A |
Crestair Air LLC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2008-09-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77887 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2008-08-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2956K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2008-08-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45468 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2008-07-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1294M | Luscombe 8A |
Posey Brothers INC Pipersville, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2008-07-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1365K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2008-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71942 | Luscombe 8A |
Distant Horizons LLC Irondale, Alabama |
Standard | 2008-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71236 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2008-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71519 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2007-11-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25147 | Luscombe 8A |
Prairie Aero LLC Elgin, Illinois |
Standard | 2007-09-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45897 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2007-08-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28428 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2007-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28580 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2007-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1360K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2007-06-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28404 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2007-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71826 | Luscombe 8A |
Bemidji Aviation Services INC Bemidji, Minnesota |
Standard | 2007-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25106 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2007-05-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1277B | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Delaware |
Standard | 2007-03-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1034K | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Georgia |
Standard | 2007-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45619 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2007-02-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1448K | Luscombe 8A |
Bentch James R Lincoln, Missouri |
Standard | 2007-02-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1440K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2007-02-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2967K | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2007-01-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2944K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2006-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1167K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2006-09-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2204K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2006-09-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28789 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Washington |
None on file | 2006-09-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1541B | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2006-08-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45972 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Illinois |
Standard | 2006-08-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45538 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2006-08-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71861 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2006-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1318K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2006-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1658K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2006-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1215A | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Virginia |
None on file | 2006-04-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20690 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2006-02-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28784 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2005-12-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N28823 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner New Hampshire |
None on file | 2005-10-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1264K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2005-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71523 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2005-08-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45750 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2005-08-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71945 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2005-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8218B | Luscombe 8A |
Ace Aeromotive INC Miami, Florida |
Standard | 2005-05-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N23057 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2005-04-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71717 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Missouri |
Standard | 2005-04-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2133K | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2005-04-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1228B | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2005-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2208K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2005-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25267 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2005-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1297K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2005-02-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1198K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2004-12-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77989 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner New Hampshire |
Standard | 2004-12-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2583K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2004-11-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N23042 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2004-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1191B | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2004-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1167B | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2004-09-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1174K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2004-09-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71366 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2004-08-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71492 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2004-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N37081 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2004-02-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71918 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2004-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71505 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2003-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77842 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2003-12-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45493 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2003-08-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77808 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2003-08-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45610 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2003-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71486 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2003-07-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45628 | Luscombe 8A |
Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2003-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1977B | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2003-05-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1380K | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2003-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N74334 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2003-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71891 | Luscombe 8A |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2003-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |