Single-engine piston

N2525S

2025 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
1225-2025
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Jbird Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Elizabeth City, NC
Registration record

N2525S on the FAA register

Type
2025 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB)
Serial
1225-2025
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B
Registered owner
Jbird Aviation LLC
Elizabeth City, NC
Certificate issued
2025-09-29
Airworthiness date
2025-07-16
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A26204
Mode S (octal)
50461004
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N2525S to the current registrant.
  • 2025-07-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 2018-02-12
    N2525S previously assigned to a Homebuilt JN4D (s/n 1917); cancelled.
  • 1988-04-11
    N2525S previously assigned to a Cessna A185F (s/n 18502244); cancelled.
Overview

About N2525S

N2525S is a 2025 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA model 8KCAB), serial number 1225-2025. The FAA register lists Jbird Aviation LLC as the registrant in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 29, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated July 16, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N2525S. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1987-10-12 Accident · Glasgow, MT Damage: Substantial NTSB · DEN88LA009
Reported aircraft: Cessna A185F — a different aircraft that carried the N2525S registration before this airframe.
1975-08-04 Accident · Geraldine,Mt, 26 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3207
Reported aircraft: Cessna A185F — a different aircraft that carried the N2525S registration before this airframe.

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.