Bellanca 8GCBC
N88417 is a Bellanca 8GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Alaska Department Of Fish And Game, a government body in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 22, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bellanca
- Model
- 8GCBC · all 8GCBCs and related versions
- Serial number
- 123-75
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 101 mph
- Transponder code
- AC2F4C (octal 53027514)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 17, 2022
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 22, 1974
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00931921
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alaska Department Of Fish And Game
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 1300 College Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99701-1551
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N88417, 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 Alaska Department Of Fish And Game, a government body, certificate issued December 17, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 123-75 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N88417 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 16035, cancelled April 12, 1949). 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 N88417: Accident on November 11, 2011 at Delta Junction, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 28, 1995 at Fairbanks, AK: minor 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 8GCBC · operated under PUBU
Ice accretion in the main landing gear wheel brakes, which prevented the main landing gear wheels from rotating on landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC12TA008 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 8GCBC · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. The snow-covered landing surface and the pilot's decision not to perform a go-around were factors.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC96TA011 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