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N45972

Luscombe 8A

Valid Illinois

N45972 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 co-owned owners in Cahokia, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 21, 2006 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 3, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8A
Serial number
2499
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
A596F3 (octal 51313363)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 21, 2006
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · March 3, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00573044

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schertz Edward J
Type
Co-owned
Address
2355 Lorraine Dr
Cahokia, IL 62206-2807
Co-owners
Schertz Irene

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