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N9878B

Champion 7EC

N9878B is a Champion 7EC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Rittberger Beef INC, a corporation in Hermosa, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 1989 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 22, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Champion
Model
7EC
Serial number
7EC-659
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
ADC897 (octal 53344227)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 14, 1989
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · May 22, 1958
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00503590

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rittberger Beef INC
Type
Corporation
Address
13818 Sd Highway 36
Hermosa, SD 57744-5430

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