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N8542E

Champion AERONCA 7EC

Valid Minnesota

N8542E is a Champion AERONCA 7EC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Wrenshall, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 14, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Champion
Model
AERONCA 7EC
Serial number
7EC-697
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
ABB8D7 (octal 52734327)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 3, 2019
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 14, 1959
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00492701

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schillo Paul J
Type
Co-owned
Address
2480 Garthus Rd
Wrenshall, MN 55797-8703
Co-owners
Schillo Brenda A

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