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 · 326 8E (all versions)
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N41944 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2026-09-20 | Valid |
| N2455K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2026-09-09 | Valid |
| N2414K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2026-08-27 | Valid |
| N1860K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2026-07-28 | Valid |
| N1765K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2026-05-14 | Valid |
| N110Q | Luscombe 8E |
Silvaire Air LLC Gun Barrel City, Texas |
Standard | 2026-04-27 | Valid |
| N2449K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2026-04-24 | Valid |
| N2368K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2026-03-29 | Valid |
| N1268K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2026-03-14 | Valid |
| N1784K | Luscombe 8E |
Tony Flies INC Sparta, North Carolina |
Standard | 2026-02-14 | Valid |
| N2450K | Luscombe 8E |
Blue Cloud Aviation LLC Turlock, California |
Standard | 2025-12-05 | Valid |
| N1850K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2025-11-22 | Valid |
| N2070B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-10-28 | Valid |
| N1273K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-10-25 | Valid |
| N2295K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-09-26 | Valid |
| N1786K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2025-09-19 | Valid |
| N2059K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2025-08-27 | Valid |
| N1838K | Luscombe 8E |
Luscombe Endowment Holdings LLC Gilbert, Arizona |
Standard | 2025-08-26 | Valid |
| N1003K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-08-19 | Valid |
| N2028K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2025-08-15 | Valid |
| N4843V | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-08-15 | Valid |
| N2433X | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
None on file | 2025-08-04 | Valid |
| N2118B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-07-30 | Valid |
| N1983K | Luscombe 8E |
Autumn Crucus LLC Cincinnati, Ohio |
Standard | 2025-06-16 | Valid |
| N2042K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2025-05-20 | Valid |
| N2767K | Luscombe 8E |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2025-05-13 | Valid |
| N2488K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-04-29 | Valid |
| N1398K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Colorado |
Standard | 2025-02-20 | Valid |
| N1803B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2025-02-06 | Valid |
| N1802B | Luscombe 8E |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2025-02-04 | Valid |
| N2548K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2025-01-21 | Valid |
| N1118B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-01-03 | Valid |
| N1689K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2025-01-02 | Valid |
| N2004 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-11-15 | Valid |
| N1924K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2024-10-29 | Valid |
| N2025K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2024-10-08 | Valid |
| N2453K | Luscombe 8E |
Walden Taylor G Pueblo, Colorado |
Standard | 2024-09-21 | Valid |
| N2159B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2024-08-23 | Valid |
| N22004 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2024-08-20 | Valid |
| N71829 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2024-07-23 | Valid |
| N77974 | Luscombe 8E |
Tupelo Aeronautics INC Tupelo, Mississippi |
Standard | 2024-07-22 | Valid |
| N1358B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2024-06-29 | Valid |
| N2302K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2024-06-29 | Valid |
| N1360B | Luscombe 8E |
Mcmillian Custom Service INC Waynesboro, Georgia |
Standard | 2024-06-13 | Valid |
| N1444B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2024-06-13 | Valid |
| N2951K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2024-05-30 | Valid |
| N2506K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner District of Columbia |
Standard | 2024-05-26 | Valid |
| N37GH | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2024-05-15 | Valid |
| N1521B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2024-05-09 | Valid |
| N1420B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2024-05-06 | Valid |
| N28547 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2024-05-02 | Valid |
| N1354B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-03-01 | Valid |
| N1806K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2024-02-16 | Valid |
| N2669K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner New Mexico |
Standard | 2024-01-29 | Valid |
| N208DL | Luscombe 8E |
Standard | 2024-01-22 | Valid | |
| N2305K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Missouri |
Standard | 2023-12-21 | Valid |
| N2229K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-11-26 | Valid |
| N1858K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-11-14 | Valid |
| N2512K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-10-26 | Valid |
| N2547K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2023-10-24 | Valid |
| N2485K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-10-18 | Valid |
| N1573B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2023-10-14 | Valid |
| N2692K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner New Jersey |
Standard | 2023-10-07 | Valid |
| N1722K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2023-09-09 | Valid |
| N2419K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2023-08-29 | Valid |
| N540RW | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-08-29 | Valid |
| N1381B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-08-23 | Valid |
| N1776K | Luscombe 8E |
Rodney William Debaun Family LP Midlothian, Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-16 | Valid |
| N1804B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2023-08-16 | Valid |
| N2487K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2023-07-25 | Valid |
| N1868K | Luscombe 8E |
Ruddell Farms LLC Junction City, Oregon |
Standard | 2023-07-19 | Valid |
| N1733K | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2023-07-12 | Valid |
| N27RD | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Montana |
Standard | 2023-07-10 | Valid |
| N2515K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-06-24 | Valid |
| N2953K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2023-06-24 | Valid |
| N72037 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-06-13 | Valid |
| N1467B | Luscombe 8E |
Nielsen Jeffrey S Ashland, Oregon |
Standard | 2023-05-31 | Valid |
| N1607K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-05-25 | Valid |
| N1160B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-05-17 | Valid |
| N2722K | Luscombe 8E |
N2722K LLC Austin, Texas |
Standard | 2023-05-01 | Valid |
| N1534B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-04-19 | Valid |
| N1813K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | Valid |
| N221BK | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2023-04-16 | Valid |
| N1442B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2023-04-10 | Valid |
| N1078K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-04-06 | Valid |
| N1533K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2023-03-16 | Valid |
| N9255M | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2023-03-15 | Valid |
| N1822K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2023-02-15 | Valid |
| N1929K | Luscombe 8E |
Sage Building Construction INC Roosevelt, Utah |
Standard | 2023-02-13 | Valid |
| N1795K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-01-27 | Valid |
| N2628K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2023-01-03 | Valid |
| N1418B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2022-12-31 | Valid |
| N1816K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2022-12-27 | Valid |
| N45767 | Luscombe 8E |
Co-owned owner Virginia |
Standard | 2022-11-24 | Valid |
| N1533B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2022-11-11 | Valid |
| N1805K | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2022-09-21 | Valid |
| N45565 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2022-09-17 | Valid |
| N1347B | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2022-09-02 | Valid |
| N1302B | Luscombe 8E |
Sns Flyers LLC Salinas, California |
Standard | 2022-08-25 | Valid |
| N71116 | Luscombe 8E |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2022-08-03 | Valid |
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