Models · Silvaire · Piston singles · data as of October 2, 2026

Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8

184 on the U.S. register across 6 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1938 to 1960; half of them date from 1947 or earlier. California has the most (20). 12% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

About the LUSCOMBE 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 (83), Cont Motor C85 Series (44), Cont Motor C90 Series (35)
Seats: 2
Cruise speed: about 86 mph
Maker on the register: Silvaire
Registered: earliest certificate June 14, 1974; newest August 30, 2026

Where they are owner's state

California20Texas13Colorado12Idaho11Ohio8Illinois8Florida8Wisconsin7Oregon7Pennsylvania6Michigan6Minnesota5

Who owns them registrant type

Individual144 (78%)Co-owned17 (9%)LLC12 (7%)Corporation9 (5%)Partnership2 (1%)

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

Version	Registered	Built	Share
LUSCOMBE 8A	92	1938 to 1948	50.0%
LUSCOMBE 8E	45	1941 to 1948	24.5%
LUSCOMBE 8F	34	1948 to 1960	18.5%
LUSCOMBE 8C	9	1939 to 1941	4.9%
LUSCOMBE 8	3	1947	1.6%
LUSCOMBE 8D	1	1939	0.5%

When they were built by decade · 35 with no year on file

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registration status

Valid180 (98%)Sale reported2 (1%)Pending2 (1%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard176 (96%)None on file5 (3%)Experimental2 (1%)Special flight permit1 (0.5%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Daphna INC2Wildcat Ventures LLC1Sky West Aviation INC Trustee1Sky Monkey Tailwheels LLC1Silvaire Salmon LLC1Shamrock Aviation LLC1Runyan Aviation INC1Normandy Flyers Limited INC1N457Jh LLC1N1885B LLC1Miller Steve L1Lima Mike Aerosports LLC1

Fleet pages: Daphna INC · Sky West Aviation INC Trustee · Shamrock Aviation LLC

Accident history NTSB records · 21 cases since 1982, 4 fatal

2025-06-20WPR25LA185 · LUSCOMBE 8A N28545 · accident near San Andreas, CA · no injuries

2025-03-27ERA25LA159 · LUSCOMBE 8A N28790 · accident near New Port Richey, FL · no injuries

2023-05-20WPR23LA198 · LUSCOMBE 8A N71983 · accident near Clovis, NM · minor injuries

2023-05-09ERA23LA226 · LUSCOMBE 8F N1885B · accident near Frenchville, ME · no injuries

2016-04-19GAA16CA193 · LUSCOMBE 8A N28437 · accident near Burlington, WA · no injuries

2015-10-07WPR16LA004 · LUSCOMBE 8F N9918C · accident near Georgetown, CA · serious injuries

2015-09-07WPR15FA258 · LUSCOMBE 8A N4948E · accident near Creswell, OR · 2 killed

2015-07-03GAA15CA182 · LUSCOMBE 8A N71108 · accident near Llano, TX · no injuries

The 8 most recent of 21 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 Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

184 as of October 2, 2026, counting 6 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8s?

California, with 20.

Who owns the Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8?

12% 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 · 92 LUSCOMBE 8A (all versions)

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N71983	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2026-01-12	Valid
N45975	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-11-01	Valid
N1330K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2025-10-29	Valid
N45965	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2025-07-23	Valid
N1289B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Shamrock Aviation LLC Seabrook, New Hampshire	Standard	2025-06-09	Valid
N45863	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2025-02-12	Valid
N72013	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Ankole Watusi Cattle Company LLC Leesburg, Florida	Standard	2025-02-05	Valid
N2559K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2024-07-19	Valid
N71768	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2024-06-18	Valid
N20696	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2024-05-23	Valid
N28437	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Handerson Ron SR Sitka, Alaska	Standard	2024-03-11	Valid
N1137K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2024-02-15	Valid
N224Z	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2023-12-26	Valid
N2219K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Sky Monkey Tailwheels LLC Richardson, Texas	Standard	2023-10-19	Valid
N25159	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Jeffrey P Mcauley Dmd INC Midland City, Alabama	Standard	2023-09-22	Valid
N28567	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-06-02	Valid
N989M	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-04-13	Valid
N1985B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Fisher Air LLC Cardington, Ohio	Standard	2023-04-08	Valid
N45503	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner West Virginia	None on file	2023-03-24	Valid
N2242K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Arizona	None on file	2023-01-27	Valid
N71642	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-01-07	Valid
N45605	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2022-11-21	Valid
N2218K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2022-11-16	Valid
N1138B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Pennsylvania	None on file	2022-10-21	Valid
N71506	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Rhode Island	Standard	2022-10-08	Valid
N71965	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Sky West Aviation INC Trustee Albuquerque, New Mexico	Standard	2022-03-14	Valid
N71661	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2021-10-13	Valid
N1561K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2021-09-02	Valid
N2094K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2021-07-31	Valid
N45436	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2021-07-27	Valid
N45609	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-06-24	Valid
N71125	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2021-01-06	Valid
N1381K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2020-11-17	Valid
N71457	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-08-21	Valid
N1071K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-08-05	Valid
N28790	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2020-06-11	Valid
N71382	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2020-03-12	Valid
N71138	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2019-11-19	Valid
N2118K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2019-11-06	Valid
N2592	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2019-05-16	Valid
N45691	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2019-04-01	Valid
N72066	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-02-07	Valid
N28466	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2019-01-08	Valid
N1623K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2018-04-10	Valid
N1316K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2018-02-09	Valid
N45815	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-07-07	Valid
N45602	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2016-09-20	Valid
N28545	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-02-26	Valid
N71899	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2015-02-17	Valid
N71521	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Louisiana	Special flight permit	2014-12-11	Valid
N45948	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2014-04-15	Valid
N25363	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2014-03-05	Valid
N2916K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2014-02-20	Valid
N71808	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2013-07-09	Valid
N2820K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2013-06-26	Valid
N2120K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-11-29	Valid
N1140B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-26	Valid
N39098	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-05-22	Valid
N23002	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2011-09-27	Valid
N71689	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-06-13	Valid
N1112K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Daphna INC Middletown, Delaware	Experimental	2011-05-10	Valid
N45418	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2011-03-10	Valid
N71767	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2008-08-19	Valid
N28621	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2008-06-30	Valid
N28754	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-11-28	Valid
N25396	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2006-02-10	Valid
N77817	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2006-01-10	Valid
N1225K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2005-08-09	Valid
N45906	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2003-11-08	Valid
N72004	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-10-21	Valid
N22074	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2001-04-27	Valid
N45692	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Texas	None on file	2001-03-08	Valid
N71542	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Runyan Aviation INC Bushnell, Illinois	Standard	1998-02-19	Valid
N71594	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	1995-10-04	Valid
N2205K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1995-08-21	Valid
N717M	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1994-09-29	Valid
N2311K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1994-09-26	Valid
N2608K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	1993-05-04	Valid
N71436	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1992-12-10	Valid
N39095	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1991-11-22	Valid
N1162B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1989-04-17	Valid
N2100K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1988-05-05	Valid
N45822	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	1986-08-11	Valid
N1447K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1986-06-23	Valid
N72040	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	1985-04-04	Valid
N1433K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1984-08-17	Valid
N1306K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1983-10-26	Valid
N2976K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1979-08-10	Valid
N1132B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1978-11-21	Valid
N23003	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1977-03-14	Valid
N1986B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner Indiana	Standard		Sale reported
N2896K	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado	Standard		Valid