# N53879: 1975 Bellanca 7ECA, registration cancelled 2009-03-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 12, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bellanca 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (registry code 1220460)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-759](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-759), [TCDS E-223](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1136-76
- Year built: 1975
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal, acrobatic
- Airworthiness date: November 5, 1975
- Certificate issued: February 28, 2003
- Last registry action: February 17, 2009
- Mode S code: A6D194
- Owner when cancelled: [Cp Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CP%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Santa Paula, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Santa%20Paula)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.3868° N, 119.0941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93060, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53879
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53879
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53879-2009-03-12

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bellanca 7ECA: https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2004FA0000393](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004FA0000393), Dec 27, 2003: COTTER PIN. SHEARED. COTTER KEY USED TO SECURE THE CLEVIS PIN BETWEEN THE RT RUDDER PEDAL AND RT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. THE HEAD OR TANGS OF THE COTTER KEY STRIKE AN ANGLE BR

## NTSB investigations (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 (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…

## Other aircraft with N53879

- [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)

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