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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N8538X

Waco DSO

Valid Ohio

N8538X is a Waco DSO, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairfield, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 20, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Waco
Model
DSO
Serial number
3002
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
79 mph
Transponder code
ABB603 (octal 52733003)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 20, 2006
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00322721

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hogan Thomas A
Type
Individual
Address
5611 Chatfield Dr
Fairfield, OH 45014-3703

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

—Cessna P172D · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data