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N71978

Luscombe 8A

N71978 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 Oakdale, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 6, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Luscombe
Model
8A
Serial number
3405
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
A9A0EA (octal 52320352)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 27, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 27, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · August 6, 1957
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00941297

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thompson Tommy Lee
Type
Individual
Address
725 Laurel Ave
Oakdale, CA 95361-2554

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