Champion 7GCAA
N2535F is a Champion 7GCAA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brownfield, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 1, 2015 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility; acrobatic, dated December 1, 1965.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Champion
- Model
- 7GCAA · all 7GCAAs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. Wooden wing spars on older ones; metal spars on later production. This is how the Champion 7 Citabria and Champ family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 7GCAA-33
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A265B0 (octal 50462660)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 1, 2015
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; Utility; AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code NUA (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 1, 1965
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00672942
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bryan Michael R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 910 e Lake St
Brownfield, TX 79316-3808
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2535F links to the rest of the register
- Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 1,451 registered
- Champion 1,603 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,311 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Brownfield, TX 13 aircraft registered in this town
- Terry County · BFE
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 9 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 157 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N2535F, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Bryan Michael R, an individual, certificate issued December 1, 2015, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; acrobatic, dated December 1, 1965, consistent with the 1965 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7GCAA-33 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2535F according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N2535F: Accident on September 7, 2014 at Alpine, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7GCAA · operated under 091
The loss of airplane control during a precautionary landing resulting in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data