# N8509: Bellanca 7KCAB, registration cancelled 2000-01-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 19, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bellanca 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (registry code 1220701)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-759](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-759) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 348-73
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: January 28, 1994
- Last registry action: February 17, 1999
- Mode S code: ABAAEB
- Owners when cancelled: [Pilkenton Robin R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PILKENTON%20ROBIN%20R), [Pilkenton Charles R DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PILKENTON%20CHARLES%20R%20DBA), [Aerial Communications Of Amer](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AERIAL%20COMMUNICATIONS%20OF%20AMER)
- Location: [Eugene, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Eugene)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 44.0477° N, 123.2309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97402, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8509
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8509
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8509-2000-01-19

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 7KCAB: https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab.md

## 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 SEA97LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA212), Sep 18, 1997: Bellanca 7KCAB (N8509), Oakridge, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The first pilot's decision to perform a low altitude maneuver, and his subsequent failure to maintain altitude and clearance from trees during a low altitude maneuver.
- [NTSB FTW79DPJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ33), Jul 29, 1979: Bellanca 7KCAB (N8509), Lawton, OK, substantial damage

## 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 19970918027189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970918027189A), Sep 18, 1997: Bbavia 7KCAB (N8509), Oakridge, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flying low 10-15 ft above the water, over Oakridge lake when it rolled and struck trees. Destroyed. Other circumsta (.4)the first pilot (commercial pilot and…
- [Accident 19790729027889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729027889A), Jul 29, 1979: Blanca 7KCAB (N8509), Lawton, OK, Substantial damage. Left landing gear attach bolts broke during landing roll. Acft had made repeated landings on the rough field..

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