Single-engine piston

N8302V

1966 American Champion 7-ECA Citabria

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1966
Serial
414
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Strange Beasts LLC (LLC)
Based
Chicago, IL
Registration record

N8302V on the FAA register

Type
1966 American Champion 7-ECA Citabria (FAA: Champion 7ECA)
Serial
414
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Strange Beasts LLC
Chicago, IL
Certificate issued
2025-05-13
Airworthiness date
1966-06-02
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
AB5B0C
Mode S (octal)
52655414
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N8302V.
  • 1966-06-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility, acrobatic)).
Overview

About N8302V

N8302V is a 1966 American Champion 7-ECA Citabria (FAA model 7ECA), serial number 414. The FAA register lists Strange Beasts LLC as the registrant in Chicago, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 13, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-235 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility, acrobatic), dated June 2, 1966.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8302V.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8302V.

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.