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A Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ), the same model family as N82309
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026
N82309

Aeronca 7AC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N82309 is an Aeronca 7AC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Paris, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 16, 1956.

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Aircraft

Maker
Aeronca
Model
7AC · all 7ACs 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
7AC-938
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 A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
AB3E7A (octal 52637172)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 25, 2025
Expires
February 29, 2032
Last FAA action
February 25, 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 · July 16, 1956
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00903641

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Patterson Bill A
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
908 Paris Ave SE
Paris, OH 44669-9603

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N82309 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Paris, OH 5 aircraft registered in this town
  • Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N82309, 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 Patterson Bill A, an individual, certificate issued February 25, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. 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 7AC-938 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N82309 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N82309. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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