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A Bellanca 7 Citabria, the same model family as N659HC
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N659HC

Bellanca 7GCBC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N659HC is a Bellanca 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated September 25, 1997.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bellanca
Model
7GCBC · all 7GCBCs 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
1140-79
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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A8AEDB (octal 52127333)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 14, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 14, 2024
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 25, 1997
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00031095

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Howlett Corey
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
5062 e Calf Cir
Wasilla, AK 99654-0041

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N659HC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N659HC, 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 Howlett Corey, an individual, certificate issued May 14, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1140-79 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N659HC according to the deregistered file. [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 N659HC: Accident on May 27, 2021 at Birchwood, AK: 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

ANC21LA042Accident on May 27, 2021 at Birchwood, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's use of excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.

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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data