Single-engine piston

N5FN

2013 American Champion 7-GCBC HIGH Country Explorer

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2013
Serial
1468-2012
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320-B2B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
M J S Corp (Corporation)
Based
Howe, IN
Registration record

N5FN on the FAA register

Type
2013 American Champion 7-GCBC HIGH Country Explorer (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC)
Serial
1468-2012
Engines
Lycoming O-320-B2B
Registered owner
M J S Corp
Howe, IN
Certificate issued
2015-03-11
Airworthiness date
2013-02-05
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A635C8
Mode S (octal)
51432710
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2015-03-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N5FN to the current registrant.
  • 2013-02-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 2007-01-23
    N5FN previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 140 / PA-28 Cherokee / Cherokee 160 (s/n 28-7625005); cancelled.
Overview

About N5FN

N5FN is a 2013 American Champion 7-GCBC HIGH Country Explorer (FAA model 7GCBC), serial number 1468-2012. The FAA register lists M J S Corp as the registrant in Howe, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 11, 2015 and expires on March 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320-B2B engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated February 5, 2013.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5FN. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2005-10-15 Accident · Everett, WA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA06FA007
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 — a different aircraft that carried the N5FN registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate airspeed during his aborted landing takeoff/climb which lead to a series of stall/mushes and subsequent impact with trees. Contributing factors were the pilot's loss of aircraft control during his initial landing approach and his immediate departure from the runway after touching down, his aborted landing attempt and subsequent impact with an airport sign, and the trees.
1976-07-06 Accident · El Monte,Ca, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1709
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N5FN 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.