N57438 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bellanca 8KCAB built in 1973. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 23, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Bellanca 8KCAB cancelled April 23, 2013
- Serial number
- 89-73
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1973
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 21, 1993
- Last FAA action
- May 9, 1996
- Last owner
- Bailey Bradley B (Individual)
Reno, NV - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Acrobatic
Boeing A75N1 cancelled October 11, 1955
- Serial number
- 75-1679
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 8, 1948
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Robinson Raymond John (Individual)
Norfolk, VA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N57438
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 8KCAB · serial 89-73
the flight instructor's improper in-flight planning/decision by allowing the student pilot to get too low during a simulated emergency landing before initiating a go-around.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site