Champion 7GCBC
N5267X is a Champion 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 10, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated August 8, 1969.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Champion
- Model
- 7GCBC · all 7GCBCs 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
- 192
- 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 O-320-A2B · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A6A29B (octal 51521233)
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 10, 2025
- Expires
- December 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- December 10, 2025
- 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 · August 8, 1969
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00732535
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shelden Seth
- 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
- PO Box 2872
Palmer, AK 99645-2872
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5267X 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-A2B 179 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Palmer, AK 546 aircraft registered in this town
- Butte Municipal · AK1
- Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal · PAQ
- Finger Lake Seaplane Base · 99Z
- Gooding Lake Seaplane Base · 2D3
- Alaska 9,146 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-A2B 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-A2B 71 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5267X, 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 Shelden Seth, an individual, certificate issued December 10, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated August 8, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 192 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5267X 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]
2 NTSB records under N5267X: Accident on August 31, 2025 at Sutton, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 18, 1996 at Kenai, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7GCBC · operated under 091
The airplane’s encounter with a downdraft while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in a forced landing and collision with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7GCBC · operated under 091
the pilot's delayed in initiating a go-around, and his failure to maintain clearance from trees. The high/fast approach for landing was a related factor.
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