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N8597E

Champion AERONCA 7FC

Valid Texas

N8597E is a Champion AERONCA 7FC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Boyd, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 1989 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 15, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Champion
Model
AERONCA 7FC
Serial number
7FC-368
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
ABCC19 (octal 52746031)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 19, 1989
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · October 15, 1959
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00302571

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hightower Jerry C
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 442
Boyd, TX 76023-0442

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