Bellanca 7GCBC
N1163E is a Bellanca 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Knik Flying Club LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 24, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bellanca
- Model
- 7GCBC · all 7GCBCs and related versions
- Serial number
- 987-77
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A04543 (octal 50042503)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 12, 2019
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 24, 1977
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00871200
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Knik Flying Club LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 4621 Caravelle Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-2721
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1163E, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Knik Flying Club LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 12, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 987-77 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1163E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-4719, cancelled July 7, 1953). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
3 NTSB records under N1163E: Accident on June 20, 2008 at Chugiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 11, 2002 at Akiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 7, 1986 at Kuskatan River, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 7GCBC · operated under 091
The flight instructor's lack of remedial action to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a berm. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and his lack of tailwheel experience.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 7GCBC · operated under 091
The unsuitable and soft terrain in the area of a precautionary landing, which resulted in a nose over. Contributing factors in the accident were a false indication of smoke in the airplane during cruise flight, and weather conditions consisting of haze/smoke in the area.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7GCBC · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data