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Luscombe 8E · 1948 · Independence, OR
N1803B is a 1948 Luscombe 8E (serial 6230), registered to Borchers Jonathan M (individual) in Independence, OR. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2032; the airworthiness certificate dates from October 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 86% of registered Luscombe 8Es. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A1436F. It is one of 326 Luscombe 8E aircraft on the FAA registry. Borchers Jonathan M holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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273 of the 317 registered Luscombe 8E carry this engine (86%), across 13 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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