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AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA · 2014 · Valid Registration

Registered owner: LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY, TX (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

Operator	Role	Period	Basis
LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY	Operator	on 2024-04-12	Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Acc · 2024-04-12 Operator named in NTSB report

AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA None injury Part 91 — LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY

Source: NTSB case CEN24LA162

Maintenance disclosures

Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.

1 report on file, 2019-06-12.

OTHER · 2019-06-12 Unresolved

ATA 5530

Part: TUBE — CRACKED (VERTICAL STAB) · airframe 1,926 hrs

UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND THE MOST AFT VERTICAL TUBING OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE SHEARED ABOVE TAIL GEAR ATTACH POINT BUT BELOW 45 ANGLE BRACE. AIRCRAFT USED DAILY FOR FLIGHT TRAINING WITH AN AVERAGE OF 100 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME EVERY 45 DAYS.

Source: SDR 2019FA0000364