N565T2024 American Champion 8GCBC
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Echo Baravo LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Geneva, IL
- Certificate issued
- Aug 6, 2025
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 27, 2024
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
- 8GCBC
- Year
- 2024
- Serial number
- 639-2024
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 3
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- A21CE
- Mode S code
- A73B26
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Io-390-A1b6
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 210 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowEcho Baravo LLCGeneva, IL · current
- 2011 – 2012Rare Aircraft LtdFaribault, MN · different airframe: 1999 Reynolds David A Nu Waco T-10 S/N 29
- 1971 – 1975Ferns Flying Service INCConcord, NH · different airframe: Beechcraft D50e S/N Dh-315
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 (3)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-22-02 | American Champion Aircraft Corp. Models 7ECA, 7GCAA, 7GCBC, 7KCAB, 8KCAB, and 8GCBC… | Dec 3, 2009 | Airframe (8GCBC)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 (8GCBC)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. |
| 2000-25-02 R1 | American Champion Aircraft Corporation 7, 8, and 11 Series Airplanes | Jul 13, 2001 | Airframe (8GCBC)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 (1)
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.
- Power plant · air box · seizedNov 10, 2025
8GCBC WITH IO-390-A1B6 FRONT FACING AIR BOX. ACTUATING ARM FOR ALTERNATE AIR SEIZED AND STUCK IN 'OFF' POSITION. SINCE ALTERNATE AIR IS RARELY NEEDED, WAS ONLY NOTICED ON ANNUAL INSPECTION. PILOT ONLY NOTICED RESISTANCE IN THE CABLE. OEM OPINION: RARE OCCURRENCE, LOW CONCERN BUT MONITOR FOR MORE…
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