{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-05-17","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Acrobatic","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2003-03-11","city":"HELENA","country_code":"US","county_code":"049","cruise_speed_mph":90,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Bellanca","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELLANCA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1220601","mode_s_code":"51446070","mode_s_hex":"A64C38","model":"7GCBC","n_number":"N50476","name":"SLEEPING GIANT FLYING CLUB","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Helena","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-06-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR25LA194","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.","registration":"N50476","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on June 30, 2025 at Helena, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Helena","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-07-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA08CA169","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot receiving instruction to adequately compensate for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control.  Also causal was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision of the flight.","registration":"N50476","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on July 27, 2008 at Helena, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N50476 is a Bellanca 7GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sleeping Giant Flying Club, a corporation in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 11, 2003 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated May 17, 1979.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sleeping Giant Flying Club, a corporation, certificate issued March 11, 2003, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated May 17, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1137-79 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N50476 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150J (serial 15069332, cancelled April 26, 1974); Fairchild M-62A (serial T42-1776, cancelled October 11, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N50476: Accident on June 30, 2025 at Helena, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 27, 2008 at Helena, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"1137-79","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3080 AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00641085","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N50476","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"596011269"}