Single-engine piston

N779RD

2006 American Champion 7-GCBC Explorer

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2006
Serial
1425-2007
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Superior O-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Custom Fire Apparatus Inc (Corporation)
Based
Osceola, WI
Registration record

N779RD on the FAA register

Type
2006 American Champion 7-GCBC Explorer (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC)
Serial
1425-2007
Engines
Superior O-360 series
Registered owner
Custom Fire Apparatus Inc
Osceola, WI
Certificate issued
2024-07-15
Airworthiness date
2007-04-25
Registration expires
2031-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
AA8BF1
Mode S (octal)
52505761
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-07-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N779RD.
  • 2007-04-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 2006
    Manufactured (2006).
Overview

About N779RD

N779RD is a 2006 American Champion 7-GCBC Explorer (FAA model 7GCBC), serial number 1425-2007. The FAA register lists Custom Fire Apparatus Inc as the registrant in Osceola, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 15, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Superior O-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated April 25, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N779RD.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N779RD.

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.