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N1397E

Champion 7AC

Valid Maryland

N1397E is a Champion 7AC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Essex, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 28, 2017 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 30, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Champion
Model
7AC
Serial number
7AC-4959
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A09FF2 (octal 50117762)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 28, 2017
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 30, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00481630

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lichty Donald D
Type
Individual
Address
804 Mace Ave
Essex, MD 21221-4753

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data