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N198BJ

American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC

N198BJ is an American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Lake Preston, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2016 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 28, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
American Champion Aircraft
Model
7GCBC
Serial number
1266-99
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A18605 (octal 50303005)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 27, 2016
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 28, 1999
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00625662

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ellingson Jerry E
Type
Co-owned
Address
44218 209Th St
Lake Preston, SD 57249-6600
Co-owners
Ellingson Betty J

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