N419JR1995 American Champion 8KCAB
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19826 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Raf LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Lenexa, KS
- Certificate issued
- Nov 19, 1996
- Expires
- Nov 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Acrobatic
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 18, 1995
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- American Champion
- Model
- 8KCAB
- Year
- 1995
- Serial number
- 759-95
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 1
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A4F667
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Aeio-540 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 260 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1996 – nowRaf LLCLenexa, KS · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (6)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-14-06 | Wings | Aug 17, 2018 | Airframe (8KCAB)Certain serial numbers: 8KCAB 1116-2012–1120-2012; 8KCAB 1122-2012–1170-2017. Only with: Applies to airplanes in the listed serial ranges, or any airplane equipped with P/N 4-2142 exposed balance ailerons. |
| 2009-22-02 | American Champion Aircraft Corp. Models 7ECA, 7GCAA, 7GCBC, 7KCAB, 8KCAB, and 8GCBC… | Dec 3, 2009 | Airframe (8KCAB)Only with: Manufactured prior to 1989 and equipped with folding rear seat backs. |
| 2005-24-10 | American Champion Aircraft Corporation Models 7AC, 7ACA, S7AC, 7BCM, 7CCM, S7CCM, 7DC… | Jan 17, 2006 | Airframe (8KCAB)Only with: Models 7ECA, 7GCAA, 7GCBC, 8KCAB, 8GCBC manufactured before August 12, 2005 with less than 250 hours TIS; or any listed model with a flight control cable (or wing retrofit kit cable) purchased from ACAC before August 12, 2005 installed and less than 250 hours TIS since installation. |
| 2005-19-11 | Lycoming Engines (Formerly Textron Lycoming) AEIO-360, IO-360, O-360, LIO-360, LO-360… | Oct 21, 2005 | Engine (AEIO-540 SER)Only with: Engines rated at 300 HP or lower, manufactured new, rebuilt, or overhauled after March 1, 1999, or that had a crankshaft installed after March 1, 1999. |
| 2004-05-24 | Lycoming Engines (Formerly Textron Lycoming) AEIO-540, IO-540, LTIO-540, O-540, and… | Mar 30, 2004 | Engine (AEIO-540 SER)Only with: Engines with crankshaft gear retaining bolts P/N STD-2209 installed; excludes O-540-F series engines subject to AD 99-03-05 with bolt not since replaced, engines with bolt installed at original assembly or replaced by Lycoming per SB 554 after November 10, 1998, engines with bolt from replacement kits 05K19987, 05K23325, 05K23326, 05K23327, 05K23335 or 05K23336, and engines with single-drive dual magnetos. |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-25-02 R1 | American Champion Aircraft Corporation 7, 8, and 11 Series Airplanes | Jul 13, 2001 | Airframe (8KCAB)Only with: Airplanes equipped with wood wing spars; Group 1 vs Group 2 depends on whether the engine has been modified to greater than 90 horsepower. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Wings · strut fitting · crackedJul 16, 1996
INSPECTED THE LIFT STRUT FITTINGS (PN 3-1632-1 AND PN 316322) IAW AD 96-03-11 PER AMERICAN CHAMPION SERVICE LETTER NR 408. FOUND TWO OF THE FOUR FITTINGS CRACKED AT THE RADIUS AS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION. INSTALLED THE NEW STYLE FITTINGS (PN 3-1691) PER AMERICAN CHAMPION. THESE FITTINGS ONLY HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · strut fitting · crackedJul 16, 1996
INSPECTED THE LIFT STRUT FITTINGS (PN 3-1632-1 AND PN 316322) IAW AD 96-03-11 PER AMERICAN CHAMPION SERVICE LETTER NR 408. FOUND TWO OF THE FOUR FITTINGS CRACKED AT THE RADIUS AS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION. INSTALLED THE NEW STYLE FITTINGS (PN 3-1691) PER AMERICAN CHAMPION. THESE FITTINGS ONLY HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026