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N1297K

Luscombe 8A

Valid Michigan

N1297K 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 Newport, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 9, 2005 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 13, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8A
Serial number
4024
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
A07878 (octal 50074170)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 9, 2005
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 13, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00120710

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mills Robert D
Type
Individual
Address
9100 N Dixie Hwy
Newport, MI 48166-9782

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