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    Airframe Family: Luscombe Model 8
    Latest Model:8E Silvaire
    Construction Number:4587
    Last Civil Registration:N1860K
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles E. Epperson, Newport, AR

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a 8E.

    By 1963

    To John L. Miller Lafayette, IN with new c/r N1860K.

    1978

    To Albert Brightwell Jr., Gautier, MS keeping c/r N1860K.

    By 8 January 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N1860K.

    8 January 1983

    Crashed.
    There was one serious injury. The accident occurred at the Carl Folsom Airport (14J) Elba, AL, United States while on appoach. The damage was substantial. The pilot had received a weather briefing approximately 4 hrs before departure. He stated that on arrival, the airport beacon light was not on patches of ground fog were in the area. During the arrival, he approached from the south, flew north over the airport, circled to the southwest, then turned on a short final for runway 01...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    March 1991

    To John W. Marsh, Springfield, IL keeping c/r N1860K.

    5 October 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1860K (8E, 4587) issued.

    18 August 1997

    To Wilbert W. Nagel, Evansville, IN keeping c/r N1860K.

    17 October 2011

    To James E. Davis, Carmi, IL keeping c/r N1860K.

    2 January 2013

    To White River Ag Spraying LLP, Newport, AR keeping c/r N1860K.

    27 January 2014

    To Ronald R. Young, Tuckerman, AR keeping c/r N1860K.

    12 March 2018

    Civil registration, N1860K, cancelled.

    18 November 2019

    To Ronald B. Young, Tuckerman, AR with new c/r N1860K.

    23 September 2021

    To Charles E. Epperson, Newport, AR keeping c/r N1860K.


    Photographer: Charlie Epperson
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