American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC
N975BC is an American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clifton, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 18, 2017.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- American Champion Aircraft
- Model
- 8GCBC · all 8GCBCs 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. 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
- 584-2017
- 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
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- AD9654 (octal 53313124)
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 2, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 2, 2024
- 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 · July 18, 2017
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01252047
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thompsen David
- 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
- 3139 N 1200 East Rd
Clifton, IL 60927-7074
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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 N975BC links to the rest of the register
- American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout 672 registered
- American Champion Aircraft 1,101 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 IO-390-A1B6 47 aircraft with this engine series · 210 hp
- Type certificate A21CE · held by American Champion Aircraft CORP
- Clifton, IL 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout 24 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout 105 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-390-A1B6 5 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-390-A1B6 3 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N975BC, 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 Thompsen David, an individual, certificate issued October 2, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 18, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 584-2017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N975BC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172R (serial 17280046, cancelled March 27, 2012). 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]
2 NTSB records under N975BC: Accident on February 13, 2001 at Battle Creek, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 18, 2000 at Battle Creek, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091
Aircraft control not maintained by the student pilot during the takeoff roll. Factors to the accident were the student pilot's lack of experience and the snowbank.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091
the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the misjudged landing flare, the student's lack of total experience, the runway lights, and the runway signs.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data