Single-engine piston

N501BS

2005 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2005
Serial
1005-2005
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Blue Skies Enterprises of Texas (Corporation)
Based
Richmond, TX
Registration record

N501BS on the FAA register

Type
2005 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB)
Serial
1005-2005
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Registered owner
Blue Skies Enterprises of Texas
Richmond, TX
Certificate issued
2024-03-18
Airworthiness date
2005-09-09
Registration expires
2031-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A63DD1
Mode S (octal)
51436721
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-03-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N501BS.
  • 2005-09-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (acrobatic)).
Overview

About N501BS

N501BS is a 2005 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA model 8KCAB), serial number 1005-2005. The FAA register lists Blue Skies Enterprises of Texas as the registrant in Richmond, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 18, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031.

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 (acrobatic), dated September 9, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N501BS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N501BS.

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.