Single-engine piston

N985BC

2025 American Champion 8-GCBC Scout

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
645-2025
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-390-A1B6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Northwest Back Country Aircraft LLC (LLC)
Based
Caldwell, ID
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Registration record

N985BC on the FAA register

Type
2025 American Champion 8-GCBC Scout (FAA: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC)
Serial
645-2025
Engines
Lycoming IO-390-A1B6
Registered owner
Northwest Back Country Aircraft LLC
Caldwell, ID
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
2025-04-29
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
ADBDD3
Mode S (octal)
53336723
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2025-04-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2010-05-24
    N985BC previously assigned to a Boeing/Stearman A75 N1 / PT-17 Kaydet / A75L-3 (s/n 75-6711); cancelled.
Overview

About N985BC

N985BC is a 2025 American Champion 8-GCBC Scout (FAA model 8GCBC), serial number 645-2025. The FAA register lists Northwest Back Country Aircraft LLC as the registrant in Caldwell, Idaho.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-390-A1B6 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 29, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N985BC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2006-09-26 Accident · Garrettsville, OH Damage: Substantial NTSB · CHI06CA272
Reported aircraft: Boeing A75N1 — a different aircraft that carried the N985BC registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. The bush and tree were factors to the accident.

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.