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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                DECEMBER 19, 2001


                      AAMES CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
                                  ON BEHALF OF
                           AAMES MORTGAGE TRUST 2001-4
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


          DELAWARE                   333-54184-04             95-4619902
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission           (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation)                    file number)          identification no.)



  350 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 40TH FLOOR
       LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA                                  90071
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (ZIP Code)

                                 (323) 210-5000
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code

                                       N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.  Other Events

         Aames Capital Corporation (the "Seller") registered up to
         $2,003,994,800 aggregate principal amount of asset-backed certificates
         and asset-backed bonds under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended (the "Act"), pursuant to a Registration Statement on form S-3,
         including a prospectus (Registration Statement File No. 333-54184) (the
         "Registration Statement"). Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the
         Seller filed a Prospectus Supplement, dated November 30, 2001, and a
         Prospectus, dated September 7, 2001 (together, the "Prospectus"),
         relating to $235,000,000 (approximate) aggregate principal amount of
         Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-4 (the "Certificates"),
         issued by Aames Mortgage Trust 2001-4 (the "Trust") on December 19,
         2001 (the "Closing Date"). The Certificates consist of the Class A-1,
         Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-IO, Class M-1, Class M-2 and
         Class B Certificates (collectively, the "Offered Certificates"), Class
         R Certificates, Class P Certificates and Class C Certificates (the
         "Class R Certificates, " the "Class P Certificates" and "Class C
         Certificates", respectively, and collectively with the Offered
         Certificates, the "Certificates"). Only the Offered Certificates were
         offered by the Prospectus.

         The Certificates represent undivided beneficial ownership interests in
         the Trust, which was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
         Agreement dated as of December 1, 2001 (the "Pooling and Servicing
         Agreement") between the Seller, as seller, Aames Capital Acceptance
         Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Countrywide Home Loans, as
         servicer, and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee
         (the "Trustee"). On the Closing Date, the corpus of the Trust consisted
         primarily of a pool (the "Mortgage Pool") of home equity mortgage loans
         (the "Initial Mortgage Loans").

         This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to file a copy of the
         Pooling and Servicing Agreement executed in connection with the
         issuance of the Certificates.

         Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
         meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus. The Prospectus has been
         filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
         424(b)(5) under file number 333-54184.

         Item 7.  Financial Statements: Pro Forma Financial Information and
                  Exhibits.

         (a)      Not applicable.

         (b)      Not applicable.

         (c)      Exhibits:

         4.1      Pooling and Servicing Agreement


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        AAMES CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION

                                        By:  /s/ John Kohler
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                                             John Kohler
                                             Executive Vice President


Dated:  December 19, 2001



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.      Description of Exhibit
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4.1              Pooling and Servicing Agreement



















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