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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Bellanca 8GCBC
N88352 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 Charlotte, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 8, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 6, 1976.
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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
- 116-74
- 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&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 101 mph
- Transponder code
- AC2C1C (octal 53026034)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 8, 2026
- 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 · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 6, 1976
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00631911
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Morris Charles R III
- 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
- 3943 Rhodes Ave
Charlotte, NC 28210-6207
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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
Connections how N88352 links to the rest of the register
- Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 554 registered
- Bellanca 2,698 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 / VO-360 series 11,931 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Charlotte, NC 340 aircraft registered in this town
- Charlotte/Douglas International · CLT
- North Carolina 7,132 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
- Report filed on this aircraft: Flashlight, inoperative · 2019-07-27
- Report filed on this aircraft: Tailpost, cracked · 1996-07-01
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The public federal record on N88352, 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 Morris Charles R III, an individual, certificate issued January 8, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 6, 1976, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 116-74 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N88352 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 15970, cancelled October 24, 1947). 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]
1 NTSB record under N88352: Accident on March 29, 2001 at Las Vegas, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 8GCBC · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. Factors were weather evaluation by the pilot and rough terrain off the side of the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data