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A Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ), the same model family as N4009B
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N4009B

Aeronca 7DC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesVirginia

N4009B is an Aeronca 7DC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Catlett, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2010 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Aeronca
Model
7DC · all 7DCs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The 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 Champs; metal spars since the 1990s rebuilds. This is how the Aeronca 7 Champion (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
7BCM-380
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 · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A4B036 (octal 51130066)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 1, 2010
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 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
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00271004

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ooi Lucy M
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
1580 Sowego Rd
Catlett, VA 20119-2448

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N4009B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Catlett, VA 21 aircraft registered in this town
  • Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4009B.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N4009B, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Ooi Lucy M, an individual, certificate issued November 1, 2010, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7BCM-380 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4009B according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N4009B: Accident on May 12, 2001 at Hollister, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX01LA171Accident on May 12, 2001 at Hollister, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aeronca 7DC · operated under 091

The pilot's inadequate aircraft handling procedure and failure to maintain directional control while landing in a known crosswind.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data