# N8500X: Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD](https://openairdocs.org/model/game-composites-gb1-gamebird) (registry code 3731200, 2 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A00073CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A00073CE) (Game Composites LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0024
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Certificate issued: July 30, 2021
- Expires: July 31, 2028
- Mode S code: ABA9C6
- Owner type: Co-owned
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8500X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8500X

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N8500X.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8500X.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (3)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD)

- [STC SA01005DE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01005DE): Installation of a EarthX ETX900-TSO Lithium battery. EarthX Inc
- [STC SA11836CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA11836CH): Installation of Hartzell Propeller model HC-C3YR-4BN/NC8302H-7.5. Hartzell Propeller LLC
- [STC SA01967WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01967WI): Use of GAMI G100UL High Octane Unleaded Avgas. General Aviation Modifications Inc

## Earlier aircraft with N8500X

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8500X before.

- [Cancelled 2014-11-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8500X-2014-11-20): Cessna 172K, S/N 17259072, built 1970. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Simmons Ryan Robert](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIMMONS%20RYAN%20ROBERT), [Jones Creek, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Jones%20Creek)
- [Cancelled 1968-08-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8500X-1968-08-30): Cessna 175C, S/N 17557100. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Roberts Donald And Roberts Janice](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBERTS%20DONALD%20AND%20ROBERTS%20JANICE), [Dix, NE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NE/Dix)

## Related

- Other Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/game-composites-gb1-gamebird/aircraft.md

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