Champion 8GCBC
3 for sale, 1 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.
What does a Champion 8GCBC ask?
Not published
3 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.
How far does a Champion 8GCBC fly?
The 8GCBC’s book range is 380 nm, about 2 h 32 min at 150 kt.
Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.
What does a Champion 8GCBC cost to keep?
It depends on how you fly it and where you keep it, so Sprinkle doesn’t give one figure. Work it out on your own numbers.
Go to the cost calculator →Too few US-dollar asking prices to chart this model by year.
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Range by variant
Book ranges from the catalog: still air, full fuel, no reserves, at the confidence shown. Plan with your own numbers.
- 8GCBC380 nm · 150 kt cruise · low confidence
The Champion 8GCBC in brief
3 Champion 8GCBC listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 2000–2019.
How the Champion 8GCBC performs
By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 150 knots.
The longest book range across its variants is 380 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.
It seats up to 2 passengers.
Buying a Champion 8GCBC
Too few US-dollar asking prices to give a range yet.
Before an offer, check
- A pre-buy inspection by a mechanic who knows the type, chosen by you, not the seller.
- Complete logbooks for the airframe, engines and propellers, with any gaps explained.
- Damage history and any repairs, against the logbooks and the registry record.
- Engine time against the overhaul interval, and the shop that did the last overhaul.
- Airworthiness directives and service bulletins: which apply, and how each was closed.
Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.
About the Champion 8GCBC
- Manufacturer
- Champion
- Category
- Piston airplane
- Variants in the catalog
- 1: 8GCBC
- Passengers, at most
- 2
- The farthest the maker says the aircraft can fly on full fuel, in still air with standard reserves. Real trips with passengers and wind come up shorter.
- 380 nm
- Cruise speed, fastest
- 150 kt
- The highest altitude at which the aircraft can still climb at 100 feet per minute. Most trips cruise well below it.
- 16,000 ft
- The heaviest the aircraft is certified to weigh at takeoff, with people, bags and fuel on board.
- 800 kg (1,764 lb)
- The aviation authority’s approval of an aircraft design, such as the FAA’s or EASA’s. Each model flies under one.
- FAA
From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.
The Champion 8GCBC fleet
- Registered fleet
- 503
- Median age
- 29 years
- Registration changes, past 12 months
- 19
- Most built in the
- 1970s
From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.
Champion 8GCBC type certificates
- 8GCBC FAA A21CE
- approved Apr 30, 1974 · Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations dated February 1, 1965, as amended by 23-1 and 23-6 (Normal and Acrobatic Category); FAR 36, amended thru 36-9; Part 21.25 for Restricted Category · MTOW 976 kg · 1 passengers · Lycoming O-360-C2A, C2E, C1A, C1E, or C1G · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
From the regulators' type-certificate data sheets. Figures shown only where the reading is high-confidence.
Champion 8GCBC manuals and documents
From Sprinkle’s library for this model. PDFs open from Sprinkle’s own files.
What one would cost to fly
Put in your own figures; the totals update as you type.
- A month
- $1,967
- A flight hour, all in
- $236
- Flying (fuel and reserve)
- $10,300
- Fixed
- $13,300
- Loan
- $0
Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure for a piston airplane: an assumption, not Sprinkle's data. Replace them with your own.
Not a quote: Sprinkle doesn't hold insurance, hangar or maintenance costs. Asking prices, not sales.
From the listings Sprinkle reads for this model. Read Nov 12, 2026.