Single-engine piston

N53CC

1993 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1993
Serial
720-93
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pcb Air LLC (LLC)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N53CC on the FAA register

Type
1993 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB)
Serial
720-93
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Registered owner
Pcb Air LLC
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2024-07-09
Airworthiness date
1993-10-02
Registration expires
2031-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A6AE49
Mode S (octal)
51527111
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-07-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N53CC to the current registrant.
  • 1993-10-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1990-07-19
    N53CC previously assigned to a Cessna Citation Bravo / Citation II (s/n 5500400); cancelled.
Overview

About N53CC

N53CC is a 1993 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA model 8KCAB), serial number 720-93. The FAA register lists Pcb Air LLC as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 9, 2024 and expires on July 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 (normal, acrobatic), dated October 2, 1993.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N53CC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-10-02 Accident · Hurdle Mills, NC Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW90FA002
Reported aircraft: Cessna 550 — a different aircraft that carried the N53CC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: IMPAIRMENT OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) DUE TO DRUGS/MEDICATION, CHEMOTHERAPY AND FATIGUE; FAILURE OF THE PIC TO ASSURE THAT THE IFR (INSTRUMENT) APCH PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED; AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA). INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF THE OPERATION BY COMPANY/OPERATOR/MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WAS A RELATED 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.