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N1538B

Luscombe 8A

Valid Michigan

N1538B is a Luscombe 8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waterford, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 1997 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 26, 1983.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8A
Serial number
6165
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
A0D8C6 (octal 50154306)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 3, 1997
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 26, 1983
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00350880

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shiffer Lyle J
Type
Individual
Address
1627 Alma Ave
Waterford, MI 48327-1903

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