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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS A-694

Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation Inc.

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 23 07/08/1993 drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (8)

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (1)

Advisory bulletins on these airframes. Not mandatory like ADs — but operators tracking AD compliance often miss the SAIB on the same component.

Special Conditions + ELOS findings

Certification-time deviations: SCs add requirements where the design is novel; ELOS allows alternative compliance. Most modern types have both.

  • ELOS ACE-10-10 Arrangement of Powerplant Cockpit Controls
  • ELOS ACE-10-11 Arrangement of Powerplant Cockpit Controls in the Vintage Luscombe Instrument Panel

Former holders

  • Larsen Luscombe\Kettles\Luscombe, The Don, Aviation History Foundation, Inc.

Fleet view · 1,440 registered tails

Engineering specs aggregated from the FAA Aircraft Registry — what every actually-flying tail under this TCDS reports. Median + 10th–90th-percentile range across the active fleet.

Seats

2

n=1,440

Horsepower

65

65–95

Cruise (kts)

86

86–86

Year of mfr

1946

1938–1981

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES 799
  • CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES 324
  • CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES 118
  • CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES 58
  • LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES 15
  • LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES 14
  • LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES 13
  • CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES 12

NTSB events

557

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

64

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.39 events / tail · 0.04 ADs / tail

The TCDS PDF on drs.faa.gov is the authoritative document for design-as-certified weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, and operating limitations. Open on drs.faa.gov ↗ DRS frequently breaks — when it does, the fleet view above and the cross-links below are usually what you actually need.