Single-engine piston

N298MA

2004 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2004
Serial
961-2004
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Southern Air Service Inc (Corporation)
Based
Carbondale, IL
Registration record

N298MA on the FAA register

Type
2004 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB)
Serial
961-2004
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Registered owner
Southern Air Service Inc
Carbondale, IL
Certificate issued
2013-01-31
Airworthiness date
2004-08-02
Registration expires
2029-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A31446
Mode S (octal)
50612106
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2013-01-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N298MA to the current registrant.
  • 2004-08-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 2001-08-20
    N298MA previously assigned to a Mitsubishi MU 2J (s/n 594); cancelled.
Overview

About N298MA

N298MA is a 2004 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA model 8KCAB), serial number 961-2004. The FAA register lists Southern Air Service Inc as the registrant in Carbondale, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 31, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming AEIO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated August 2, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N298MA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N298MA.

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.