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A Bellanca 7 Citabria, the same model family as N5038M
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N5038M

Bellanca 7ECA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota
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N5038M is a Bellanca 7ECA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Miller Aviation Group LLC, an LLC in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 29, 1979.

Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 8:15 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bellanca
Model
7ECA · all 7ECAs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. Wooden wing spars on most Bellanca-built Citabrias. This is how the Bellanca 7 Citabria family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
1290-79
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A64891 (octal 51444221)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 24, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 24, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code NA (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 29, 1979
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00941035

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Miller Aviation Group LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2512 129Th Ln NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55448-1173

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1974-12-24Taylorcraft BC12D-85 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Connections how N5038M links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Coon Rapids, MN 23 aircraft registered in this town
  • Minnesota 6,933 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N5038M, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Miller Aviation Group LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 24, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 29, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1290-79 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5038M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BC12D-85 (serial 10338, cancelled December 24, 1974). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5038M: Accident on March 4, 1994 at Concord, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX94LA151Accident on March 4, 1994 at Concord, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 7ECA · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LIMITED EXPEREINCE IN TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data