N4593L

N4593L is a Legend Cub, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by LANCE METCALFE. SkyMeter has tracked 150 flights totalling 99 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is KDED to KDED. Service window in our records spans 189 days. Of those flights, 10 (6.7%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Legend Cub has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,800 lb, light wake category.

About the Legend Cub

The Legend Cub represents a 21st-century reimagining of aviation's most iconic trainer, blending the classic Piper J-3 Cub's beloved handling characteristics with modern materials and construction techniques. Built by American Legend Aircraft Company in Sulphur Springs, Texas, the Legend Cub features a carbon fiber fuselage mated to traditional aluminum tube-and-fabric wings, offering improved strength-to-weight ratio while preserving the timeless taildragger aesthetic that defined grassroots aviation. Certificated in both the Light Sport Aircraft and Experimental Amateur-Built categories, the Legend Cub typically flies behind a 100-180 horsepower Lycoming or Continental engine, giving it significantly more performance than its 1930s ancestor while maintaining the same forgiving slow-flight manners and short-field capability that made the original Cub a backcountry legend.

With a stall speed around 35 knots and a never-exceed speed of 120 knots, the Legend Cub operates in the same low-and-slow envelope that allows pilots to explore unimproved strips, river bars, and mountain valleys inaccessible to faster aircraft. The type has found favor among recreational pilots, flight schools seeking a modern alternative to aging vintage Cubs, and backcountry enthusiasts who value its combination of classic handling, modern reliability, and relatively simple maintenance compared to certified legacy airframes. SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.