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A American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout, the same model family as N518BC
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N518BC

American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N518BC is an American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to N815Bc LLC, an LLC in Post Falls, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 22, 2023.

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Aircraft

Maker
American Champion Aircraft
Model
8GCBC · all 8GCBCs 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. Metal wing spars on American Champion production. This is how the American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout 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
632-2023
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 IO-390-A1B6 · 210 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2023
Transponder code
A67F43 (octal 51477503)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 8, 2023
Expires
September 30, 2030
Last FAA action
September 8, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 22, 2023
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01400830

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
N815Bc LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3999 N Saint Joe Ave
Post Falls, ID 83854-6729

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2018-01-08Jerry Lamont Parker LOEHLE MUSTANG 5151 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Connections how N518BC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming IO-390-A1B6 47 aircraft with this engine series · 210 hp
  • Type certificate A21CE · held by American Champion Aircraft CORP
Owner
  • N815Bc LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
Place
  • Post Falls, ID 64 aircraft registered in this town
  • Idaho 4,200 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N518BC, 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 N815Bc LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 8, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 22, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 632-2023 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N518BC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Jerry Lamont Parker LOEHLE MUSTANG 5151 (serial 5151-10873332, cancelled January 8, 2018). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N518BC: Accident on June 22, 2014 at Livermore, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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

WPR14FA258Accident on June 22, 2014 at Livermore, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 5151-10873332

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Parker LOEHLE MUSTANG T5151 · operated under 091

An in-flight fire of unknown origin for reasons that could not be determined because of impact damage and postimpact fire damage.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data