# N53917: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: September 16, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53917
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53917

## Aircraft that carried N53917

- [Cancelled 2013-09-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53917-2013-09-16): Bellanca 8GCBC, S/N 194-76, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Lubshilt & Tugs Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LUBSHILT%20%26%20TUGS%20INC), [Cayce W Columbia, SC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SC/Cayce%20W%20Columbia)

## NTSB investigations on N53917 (1)

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 LAX88LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA053), Nov 22, 1987: Bellanca 8GCBC (N53917), San Diego, CA, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N53917 (3)

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 19871122066499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871122066499A), Nov 22, 1987: Bbavia 8GCBC (N53917), San Diego, CA, Destroyed. Loss of engine power. Towing a banner. Smoke in cockpit. Ditched in the ocean. Foreign object found in oil pump.
- [Incident 19841013061119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841013061119I), Oct 13, 1984: Bbavia 8GCBC (N53917), San Diego, CA. Power loss while towing large banner. Speculated fuel starvation due to angle of attack due to size of banner.
- [Incident 19810104013649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104013649I), Jan 4, 1981: Bbavia 8GCBC (N53917), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Glider tow plane settled back on runway from 20 feet at lift off. Hit hard and damaged nose, wing tip and gear.

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