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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Luscombe
Model
8E
Year
1947
Serial number
5224
Aircraft type
Fixed wing single engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
2
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A254C5
Engine
Make and model
Cont Motor C85 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
85 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
1984 – 2014Individual ownerBlanchard, OK
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (2)
Accident · destroyed
May 5, 1985 · Verden, OK
AT ABOUT 1700 CDT ON 5/5/85, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TAKING OFF AT CHICKASHA, OK. AT SOMETIME AFTER 1700, AN ACFT MATCHING ITS DESCRIPTION WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW OVER A LAKE. A WITNESS IN THAT AREA OBSERVED IT PULLED UP IN A STEEP CLIMB OVER THE DAM, UNTIL IT NEARLY STOPPED, THEN IT DOVE VERTICALLY & RECOVERED AT LOW ALT. THE PLT THEN FLEW TO AN AREA WERE THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED ON OPEN…
WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEADWINDS AND ELECTED TO LAND AT GOODLAND, KANSAS TO REFUEL. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 WITH A CROSSWIND FROM 320 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE GOT A CRAMP IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND REMOVED HIS RIGHT FOOT FROM THE RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO WORKOUT THE CRAMP. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN LEFT AND HE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE…
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No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.