{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2007-04-10","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"HERNANDO","country_code":"US","county_code":"017","cruise_speed_mph":90,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17183","engine_horsepower":95,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C90-12F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-05-05","maker":"Champion","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CHAMPION","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"21101NX","mode_s_code":"51453537","mode_s_hex":"A6575F","model":"7FC","n_number":"N50778","name":"SALE REPORTED","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Moriarty","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-07-31","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR25LA242","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.","registration":"N50778","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on July 31, 2025 at Moriarty, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N50778 is a Champion 7FC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hernando, Florida. The FAA lists the registration as \"sale reported\". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 10, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Sale reported\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 10, 2007, 46 years after the 1961 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 432 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N50778 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company C90A (serial LJ-1638, cancelled July 10, 2001); Cessna 150J (serial 15069547, cancelled June 21, 1973); Taylorcraft BF12-65 (serial 3302, cancelled November 10, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N50778: Accident on July 31, 2025 at Moriarty, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"432","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Sale reported","status_code":"7","status_short":"Sale reported","street":"8060 N WILEY POST WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00071809","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N50778","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1961,"zip":"344422111"}