# N53979: 1976 Bellanca 7ECA, registration cancelled 2013-04-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 18, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- 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: 1156-76
- Year built: 1976
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal, acrobatic
- Airworthiness date: February 20, 1976
- Certificate issued: October 12, 1979
- Last registry action: February 18, 2011
- Mode S code: A6D54B
- Owner when cancelled: [Hutton Rex Martin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUTTON%20REX%20MARTIN)
- Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 29.7982° N, 95.4169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77008, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53979
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=53979
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53979-2013-04-18

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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

## NTSB investigations (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 (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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