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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Bellanca 8GCBC
N88297 is a Bellanca 8GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated August 27, 2008.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bellanca
- Model
- 8GCBC · all 8GCBCs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe 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. This is how the Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 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
- 104-74
- 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 O-360-C2E · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 101 mph
- Transponder code
- AC28F6 (octal 53024366)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 29, 2025
- Expires
- July 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- July 29, 2025
- 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 · August 27, 2008
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00761941
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Naber David Lowell
- 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
- 1382 Little Fox Trl
Fairbanks, AK 99712-1822
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N88297 links to the rest of the register
- Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 554 registered
- Bellanca 2,699 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360-C2E 5 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Fairbanks, AK 842 aircraft registered in this town
- Fairbanks International · FAI
- Gold King Creek Airport · AK7
- Chena River Seaplane Base · 2Z5
- Alaska 9,144 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 9 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-C2E 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-C2E 129 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N88297, 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 Naber David Lowell, an individual, certificate issued July 29, 2025, expires July 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 27, 2008, 34 years after the 1974 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 104-74 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N88297 according to the deregistered file. [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 N88297: Accident on March 9, 1995 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 19, 1989 at Galbraith Lake, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 8GCBC · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING. A SHORT TAKEOFF AREA THAT WAS COVERED WITH SOFT SNOW WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 8GCBC · operated under 091
THE PILOTS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTION CONTROL AFTER ABORTING TAKEOFF FOLLOWING FAILURE OF THE TAIL LANDING GEAR TIRE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data