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Champion 7EC · 1959 · Mason City, IA
N4853E is a 1959 Champion 7EC (serial 305), registered to Summerfield Douglas T (individual) in Mason City, IA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires October 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from August 1983 (43 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C90 SERIES engine rated at 95 hp, the engine on 90% of registered Champion 7ECs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A5FDF2. It is one of 157 Champion 7EC aircraft on the FAA registry. Summerfield Douglas T holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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135 of the 150 registered Champion 7EC carry this engine (90%), across 7 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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