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A American Champion Aircraft 7 Citabria and Champ, the same model family as N72EB
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N72EB

American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N72EB is an American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Vector Airmotive LLC, an LLC in Frisco, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated November 8, 1995.

Where is it now Last seen October 8 at 2:32 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
American Champion Aircraft
Model
7GCBC · all 7GCBCs 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 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
1211-95
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
Not given
Transponder code
A9A199 (octal 52320631)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 30, 2025
Expires
January 31, 2032
Last FAA action
January 30, 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 · November 8, 1995
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00345661

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vector Airmotive 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
11137 Deep Canyon Trl
Frisco, TX 75033-1505

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N72EB links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Frisco, TX 585 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N72EB, 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 Vector Airmotive LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 30, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic; 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 1211-95 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N72EB 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

2 NTSB records under N72EB: Accident on July 14, 2020 at Houston, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 16, 2010 at Arcola, TX: 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 2

CEN20CA281Accident on July 14, 2020 at Houston, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7GCBC · operated under 091

The flight instructor and student pilot did not properly transfer airplane control during ground rollout, which resulted in the airplane exiting the runway and impacting a ditch.

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

CEN10CA328Accident on June 16, 2010 at Arcola, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC · operated under 091

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane during the landing roll.

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 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

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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