Champion 7ECA
N5164T is a Champion 7ECA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spokane, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated December 3, 1966.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Champion
- Model
- 7ECA · all 7ECAs 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
- 178
- 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 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A67AAF (octal 51475257)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 17, 2018
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 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; AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code NA (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 3, 1966
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00042165
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Leonard Bruce Danield
- 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
- 8401 N Wilding Dr
Spokane, WA 99208-5869
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5164T links to the rest of the register
- Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 1,452 registered
- Champion 1,604 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-235 series 6,133 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Spokane, WA 287 aircraft registered in this town
- Felts Field · SFF
- Spokane International · GEG
- Washington 10,570 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-235 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5164T, 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 Leonard Bruce Danield, an individual, certificate issued October 17, 2018, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated December 3, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 178 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5164T 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 N5164T: Accident on September 25, 1991 at Newark, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7ECA · operated under 091
A SHEARED OLEO PISTON RETAINING PIN WHICH ALLOWED THE WHEEL TO FALL OUT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data