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N1971K

Luscombe 8E

Valid Illinois

N1971K is a Luscombe 8E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Springfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 1981 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 11, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8E
Serial number
4698
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
A184B1 (octal 50302261)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 23, 1981
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 11, 1958
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00243040

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thompson Roger L
Type
Individual
Address
37 Hazel Ln
Springfield, IL 62707-9542

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