# N53879: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: March 12, 2009
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53879
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53879

## Aircraft that carried N53879

- [Cancelled 2009-03-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53879-2009-03-12): Bellanca 7ECA, S/N 1136-76, built 1975. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Cp Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CP%20AVIATION%20INC), [Santa Paula, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Santa%20Paula)
- [Cancelled 1948-12-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53879-1948-12-23): Fairchild M-62A, S/N T41-1140. Owner: [Sonnenfeld Henry R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SONNENFELD%20HENRY%20R), [New Orleans, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/New%20Orleans)

## NTSB investigations on N53879 (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA301), Aug 23, 2004: Bellanca 7ECA (N53879), Malibu, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout and their failure to see and avoid the other aircraft.
- [NTSB LAX04LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA079), Dec 27, 2003: Bellanca 7ECA (N53879), Oxnard, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pin that secured the right rudder pedal to the brake cylinder arm due to improper installation of the pin. Also causal was the manufacturer's confusing maintenance instructions…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N53879 (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20040822021841A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822021841A), Aug 22, 2004: Bbavia 7ECA (N53879), Malibu, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On August 22, 2004, about 1729 pacific daylight time, a Bellanca citabria 7ECA, N53879, collided in midair with a pollard & huntley thorp T-18, N7818T,…
- [Accident 20031227035429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031227035429A), Dec 27, 2003: Bbavia 7ECA (N53879), Oxnard, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Directional control of the aircraft was lost during the landing phase of a touch-and-go on runway 7 at Oxnard Airport (oxr). Failure of a cotter key…

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