Single-engine piston

N965MA

2004 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2004
Serial
967-2004
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
First Aero Group LLC (LLC)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N965MA on the FAA register

Type
2004 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB)
Serial
967-2004
Engines
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
Registered owner
First Aero Group LLC
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2009-07-15
Airworthiness date
2004-11-03
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
AD6FCD
Mode S (octal)
53267715
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2009-07-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N965MA to the current registrant.
  • 2004-11-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1996-12-13
    N965MA previously assigned to a Mitsubishi Solitaire (s/n 404SA); cancelled.
Overview

About N965MA

N965MA is a 2004 American Champion 8-KCAB Xtreme Decathlon (FAA model 8KCAB), serial number 967-2004. The FAA register lists First Aero Group LLC as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 15, 2009 and expires on October 31, 2027.

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 November 3, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N965MA. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-08-29 Accident · S. Charleston, WV Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · NYC93FA177
Reported aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 — a different aircraft that carried the N965MA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: was improper emergency procedures by the pilot which resulted in the shutdown of an operative engine, following a power loss due to a failed torque sensor in the other engine, which resulted in a total power loss approach, landing, and overrun.
1966-07-17 Accident · Farmingville Ny, 32 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1967
Reported aircraft: Mooney M20C — a different aircraft that carried the N965MA 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.