Single-engine piston

N555AC

2011 American Champion 8-GCBC Scout

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2011
Serial
531-2011
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-390-A1A6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Hawk Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Springville, NY
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Registration record

N555AC on the FAA register

Type
2011 American Champion 8-GCBC Scout (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC)
Serial
531-2011
Engines
Lycoming IO-390-A1A6
Registered owner
Hawk Aviation LLC
Springville, NY
Certificate issued
2012-09-27
Airworthiness date
2011-08-30
Registration expires
2028-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A71201
Mode S (octal)
51611001
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-09-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N555AC to the current registrant.
  • 2011-08-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2007-05-19
    N555AC previously assigned to a Beechcraft 58 Baron (s/n TH-12); cancelled.
Overview

About N555AC

N555AC is a 2011 American Champion 8-GCBC Scout (FAA model 8GCBC), serial number 531-2011. The FAA register lists Hawk Aviation LLC as the registrant in Springville, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 27, 2012 and expires on September 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-390-A1A6 engine and 3 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated August 30, 2011.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N555AC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1994-01-27 Accident · Newtown, OH Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · BFO94FA032
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft BE-58 — a different aircraft that carried the N555AC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTATED IN NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF OPERATION, HIS LACK OF RECENT INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE, AND INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF THE OPERATION BY THE CHIEF PILOT/COMPANY MANAGEMENT.

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.