Champion AERONCA 7GCB
N9908Y is a Champion AERONCA 7GCB, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Libby, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 2, 2005 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 26, 1966.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Champion
- Model
- AERONCA 7GCB · all AERONCA 7GCBs 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. This is how the Champion AERONCA 7 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
- 122
- 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
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1962
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- ADD62A (octal 53353052)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 2, 2005
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- February 11, 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 · October 26, 1966
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00973490
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nickerson William L
- 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
- 55 Tall Tale Trl
Libby, MT 59923-2343
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9908Y links to the rest of the register
- Champion AERONCA 7 134 registered
- Champion 1,604 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 27,304 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Libby, MT 21 aircraft registered in this town
- Libby Airport · S59
- Montana 6,041 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N9908Y, 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 Nickerson William L, an individual, certificate issued November 2, 2005, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 26, 1966, 4 years after the 1962 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 122 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9908Y 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 N9908Y: Accident on July 15, 1996 at Fairhope, AL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on September 20, 1991 at Frankston, TX: fatal. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion AERONCA 7GCB · operated under 091
failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while manuevering at low altitude, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled impact with the water. The pilot's ostentatious display and the lack of altitude to recover from a stall were related factors.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7-GCB · operated under 091
THE GROUND PERSON DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data