# N53979: 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: April 18, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53979
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53979

## Aircraft that carried N53979

- [Cancelled 2013-04-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53979-2013-04-18): Bellanca 7ECA, S/N 1156-76, built 1976. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Hutton Rex Martin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUTTON%20REX%20MARTIN), [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)

## NTSB investigations on N53979 (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 FTW81FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA106), Jun 14, 1981: Bellanca 7ECA (N53979), Anahuac, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N53979 (1)

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 19810614032299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810614032299A), Jun 14, 1981: Bbavia 7ECA (N53979), Anahuac, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft observed in low level flight and making abrupt pull up into stall and crashed into water.

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