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N1278K

Luscombe 8A

Valid Minnesota

N1278K is a Luscombe 8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Webster, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2013 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 3, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8A
Serial number
4005
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
A0712D (octal 50070455)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 24, 2013
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 3, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00010670

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hanson Toby J
Type
Individual
Address
4288 Chester Ct
Webster, MN 55088-2459

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data