- Registered owner
- Letourneau University
- Location
- Longview, TX
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 1410-2014
- Year built
- 2014
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal, acrobatic
- Airworthiness date
- February 25, 2014
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2014
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- AAD300
American Champion 7ECATCDS A-759Airframe · American Champion 7ECATCDS E-223Engine · Lycoming O-235-K2C
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 35
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1967 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 |
See all 38 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 10
Advisory, not mandatory.
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N797LMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on American Champion 7ECA aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N797LMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on American Champion 7ECA aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 5
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2019FA0000366Tube · crackedUPON VISUAL INSPECTION, FOUND THE MOST AFT VERTICAL TUBING OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE SHEARED ABOVE TAIL GEAR ATTACH POINT BUT BELOW 45 ANGLE BRACE. THIS WAS THE 2ND IDENTICAL FAILURE ON THE SAME AIRFRAME. FOUND CRACK 739.4 HOURS SINCE LAST REPAIR. AIRCRAFT USED DASDR 2018FA0000492Elt · malfunctionedELT, ACK MODEL E-04, S/N 015041. THE AMERICAN CHAMPION 7ECA AIRCRAFT IN WHICH IT WAS INSTALLED HAD AFTT 1655.6. OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW WEEKS, THE ACK ELT HAD SUFFERED MANY UN-INITIATED, RANDOM, INTERMITTENT ACTIVATIONS, BOTH IN FLIGHT AND ON THE GROUND. IN SDR 2019FA0000363Tube · crackedUPON 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.SDR 2017FA0000459Magneto · failedINSTALLED A REBUILT MAGNETO DUE TO REMOVED THE MAGNETO NEEDING A 500 HOUR INSPECTION. AT AFTT 1347.7 (380.8 HOURS) THE REBUILT MAGNETO WAS REMOVED BECAUSE ENGINE BEGAN TO FOUL SPARK PLUGS QUICKLY AND HAD A SIGNIFICANT POWER REDUCTION WAS NOTED BY PILOTS DURSDR GM8S2015052900249Distributor Gear · looseDURING FLIGHT, ACFT HAD AN ENGINE POWER LOSS. DISCOVERED THE MAGNETO TO HAVE A LOOSE DISTRIBUTOR ARM, WHICH CAUSED THE MAGNETO TO FAIL.
STCs that may be installed · 194
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · American Champion 7ECA
STC SA01233SEFabrication and installation of Alaskan Bushwheel LLC tail wheel and fork assemblySTC SA02571SEInstallation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).STC SA04837NYInstallation of AeroLED's Holdings, LLC., position lights, navigation lights, strobe lights and beacon lights