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N45488

Luscombe 8A

N45488 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 Ridgecrest, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 9, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8A
Serial number
2015
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
A58489 (octal 51302211)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 23, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · October 9, 1955
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00732894

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Heitkotter Shari
Type
Individual
Address
401 Valley St
Ridgecrest, CA 93555-4416

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