Bellanca 7GCBC
N53853 is a Bellanca 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tulare, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 27, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bellanca
- Model
- 7GCBC · all 7GCBCs and related versions
- Serial number
- 908-76
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A6D148 (octal 51550510)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 7, 2017
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Acrobatic · January 27, 1976
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00732975
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schultz Thomas O
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 37592 188Th St
Tulare, SD 57476-7519
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 · 3 clear
The public federal record on N53853, 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 Schultz Thomas O, an individual, certificate issued November 7, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated January 27, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 908-76 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N53853 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T-50 (serial 6595, cancelled October 21, 1955). 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]
2 NTSB records under N53853: Accident on October 10, 2025 at Bonilla, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 12, 1992 at Longmont, CO: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 7GCBC · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate flight planning and his failure to maintain aircraft control during the precautionary off-airport landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN26LA019 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 7GCBC · operated under 091
LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL BY THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION. A FACTOR WAS: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN92LA051 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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