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N8986R

Champion 7GCB

Valid Michigan

N8986R is a Champion 7GCB, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1960. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Muskegon, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated October 19, 1960.

Aircraft

Maker
Champion
Model
7GCB
Serial number
7GCB-16
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1960
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
AC6646 (octal 53063106)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 10, 2016
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · October 19, 1960
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00291521

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Yarbanton John Robert
Type
Individual
Address
3324 Glade St
Muskegon, MI 49444-2708

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