Champion 7GCAA
N829JB is a Champion 7GCAA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sandersville, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 6, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Champion
- Model
- 7GCAA · all 7GCAAs 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
- 34
- 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
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- AB5314 (octal 52651424)
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 20, 2020
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 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 · January 6, 1998
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00356071
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mathis Robert
- 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
- 2280 Mayview Rd
Sandersville, GA 31082-3706
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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
Connections how N829JB 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 series 27,311 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Sandersville, GA 13 aircraft registered in this town
- Kaolin Field · OKZ
- Georgia 8,801 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 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N829JB, 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 Mathis Robert, an individual, certificate issued October 20, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 6, 1998, 33 years after the 1965 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 34 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N829JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 402B (serial 402B0394, cancelled January 31, 1994). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N829JB: Accident on November 8, 1992 at Brookville, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 402 · operated under 091
THE PRESENCE OF ANIMALS ON THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE PILOT TO EXECUTE AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND OVERRUN THE RUNWAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE ANIMALS. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE LOW LIGHTING CONDITIONS AND WET GRASS.
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
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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data