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    Airframe Family: Luscombe Model 8
    Latest Model:8F Silvaire
    Construction Number:6293
    Last Civil Registration:N1866B
    Latest Owner or Location:Ronald J. Morrison, Geneva, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a 8F.
    LUSCOMBE 8F 6293

    8 November 1989

    To Part Air Inc, Evanston, WY with new c/r N1866B.

    7 January 1998

    To Part Air Inc, Powell, WY keeping c/r .

    12 April 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N1866B.
    Registration pending to a new owner in West Chicago, IL.

    8 May 2012

    To Travel Express Aviation Maintenance Inc, West Chicago, IL with new c/r N1866B (8F, 6293).

    1 August 2012

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in West Chicago, IL.

    27 August 2012

    To Tango Lima Llc, West Chicago, IL keeping c/r N1866B.

    5 April 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N1866B.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneva, IL.

    17 November 2014

    To Ronald J. Morrison, Geneva, IL keeping c/r N1866B.

    22 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Oshkosh AirVenture 2018

    Circa 20 April 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1866B issued.

    By 20 April 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N1866B.

    20 April 2019

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Private Airport (PVT) Bremen, AL, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during takeoff from a 2400 feet long private, grass airstrip, he was concerned he would not clear the wires at the end of the runway and aborted the takeoff. The airplane overran the departure end of the runway, crossed a road and went through a barbed wire fence. Subsequently, the airplane come to rest inverted.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.


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