Single-engine piston

N169DD

2001 American Champion 7-GCAA Adventure

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2001
Serial
455-2001
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Flughafen Skyport Ltd (Corporation)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N169DD on the FAA register

Type
2001 American Champion 7-GCAA Adventure (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 7GCAA)
Serial
455-2001
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Flughafen Skyport Ltd
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2001-05-07
Airworthiness date
2001-04-19
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A1136C
Mode S (octal)
50211554
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2001-05-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N169DD to the current registrant.
  • 2001-04-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1991-04-23
    N169DD previously assigned to a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza (s/n E2536); cancelled.
Overview

About N169DD

N169DD is a 2001 American Champion 7-GCAA Adventure (FAA model 7GCAA), serial number 455-2001. The FAA register lists Flughafen Skyport Ltd as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 7, 2001 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated April 19, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N169DD. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-09-08 Accident · Baird, TX Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW90FA176
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft 36 — a different aircraft that carried the N169DD registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE FLYING IN SEVERE WEATHER AND INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE A FACTOR.

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.