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N5181T

Champion 7ECA

Valid Texas

N5181T is a Champion 7ECA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Needville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 1972 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 26, 1967.

Aircraft

Maker
Champion
Model
7ECA
Serial number
508
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1967
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A681B4 (octal 51500664)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 6, 1972
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Acrobatic · January 26, 1967
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00082225

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schmetter Kenneth E
Type
Individual
Address
22802 Cessna Rd
Needville, TX 77461-9498

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