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AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA · 2005 · Valid Registration

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

Operators of this aircraft

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

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITYOperatoron 2025-01-16Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Acc · 2025-01-16 Operator named in NTSB report
AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA None injury Part 91 — LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case CEN25LA086
Acc · 2024-04-15 Operator named in NTSB report
AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA None injury Part 91 — LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY
Source: NTSB case CEN24LA171

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.

2 reports on file, 2015-05-13 – 2017-08-08.

OTHER · 2017-08-08 Unresolved
ATA 5300

Part: TUBE — CRACKED (STRUCTURE) · airframe 5,074 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 2019FA0000362
PARTIAL RPM/PWR LOSS; WARNING INDICATION · 2015-05-13 Unresolved
ATA 7414

Part: DISTRIBUTOR GEAR — LOOSE (MAGNETO)

DURING FLT, ACFT HAD AN ENGINE POWER LOSS. DISCOVERED THE MAGNETO TO HAVE A LOOSE DISTRIBUTOR ARM, WHICH CAUSED THE MAGNETO TO FAIL.

Source: SDR GM8S2015052900250