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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Luscombe
Model
8A
Year
1940
Serial number
1295
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
A2DF96
Engine
Make and model
Cont Motor A&C65 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
65 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
2007 – nowIndividual ownerEau Claire, WI · current
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 · substantial damage
Apr 15, 2007 · Chippewa Falls, WI
The pilot intentionally leaving the airplane unoccupied during the engine start, which resulted in the unoccupied airplane traversing into a cornfield. A factor was the rough/uneven cornfield.
THE AIRSTRIP IS USED PRIMARILY AS A GLIDERPORT AND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, TRAFFIC WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY A PERSON ON THE GROUND USING HANDSIGNALS. N28428 PROCEEDED ON TO THE RWY TO TAKEOFF AS THE ULTRALIGHT WAS ON FINAL APCH. BOTH PLTS OBSERVED THE PERSON CONTROLLING MTRAFFIC TO BE WAVING HIS ARMS, HOWEVER, BOTH PLTS ASSUMED HE WAS CLEARING EACH TO PROCEED. N28428 WAS ON IT'S TAKEOFF ROLL…
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.