Single-engine piston

N165AC

American Champion 8-GCBC Scout

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
471-2005
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Brian & Karen Snodgrass Farms LLC (LLC)
Based
Seminole, TX
Registration record

N165AC on the FAA register

Type
American Champion 8-GCBC Scout (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC)
Serial
471-2005
Engines
Lycoming O-360 series
Registered owner
Brian & Karen Snodgrass Farms LLC
Seminole, TX
Certificate issued
2023-10-27
Airworthiness date
2005-06-28
Registration expires
2030-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A10444
Mode S (octal)
50202104
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-10-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N165AC to the current registrant.
  • 2005-06-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2001-03-01
    N165AC previously assigned to a Sikorsky S-64F (s/n 64085); cancelled.
Overview

About N165AC

N165AC is an American Champion 8-GCBC Scout (FAA model 8GCBC), serial number 471-2005. The FAA register lists Brian & Karen Snodgrass Farms LLC as the registrant in Seminole, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 27, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-360 series engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated June 28, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N165AC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1994-09-01 Accident · Libby, MT Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · SEA94LA228
Reported aircraft: Sikorsky S-64F — a different aircraft that carried the N165AC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE FLIGHT CREW ALLOWED THE HELICOPTER'S WEIGHT AND BALANCE TO BE EXCEEDED, AND THE EXTERNAL LOAD (TANK) JETTISON SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE FALSE INDICATION ON THE RETARDANT QUANTITY INDICATOR.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.