Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout
553 on the U.S. register across 3 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1972 to 1980; half of them date from 1977 or earlier. Texas has the most (54). 31% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.
About the 8 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Lycoming Aeio-360 Ser (160), Lycoming O&Vo-360 Ser (153), Lycoming Io-320 Series (124)
- Seats
- 2 (up to 3 in some versions)
- Cruise speed
- about 101 mph
- Maker on the register
- Bellanca
- Registered
- earliest certificate August 13, 1975; newest August 29, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Texas54Alaska47California45Florida38Arkansas20Washington17Illinois15Arizona15Oklahoma14Georgia13Virginia12Kansas12
Who owns them registrant type
Individual315 (57%)LLC109 (20%)Co-owned69 (12%)Corporation50 (9%)Partnership7 (1%)Government3 (0.5%)
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
When they were built by decade · 98 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
Registration status
Valid543 (98%)Pending5 (0.9%)Sale reported2 (0.4%)Pending cancellation2 (0.4%)Reports overdue1 (0.2%)
Airworthiness certificate class
Standard493 (89%)Restricted27 (5%)Multiple23 (4%)None on file9 (2%)Experimental1 (0.2%)
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Collum Aviation LLC5Ocean Aerial Ads INC3On-Site Aviation INC2Cp Aviation INC2Yellow Decathlon LLC1Wings Enterprizes LTD CO1Windsock Capital LLC1Wilkinson Dane W1Wetsu Enterprises INC1West Michigan Aviation Academy1West Coast Aerosport INC1Warbird Adventures INC1
Fleet pages: Collum Aviation LLC · Ocean Aerial Ads INC · Cp Aviation INC · Windsock Capital LLC · West Michigan Aviation Academy · Warbird Adventures INC
Accident history NTSB
Each aircraft's own page already shows its NTSB accident and incident record. The model-wide record (accidents per year, fatal and non-fatal, against the number registered) is being added; it will appear here.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Bellanca 8 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
553 as of October 2, 2026, counting 3 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Bellanca 8s?
Texas, with 54.
Who owns the Bellanca 8?
31% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 553
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N53747 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Tenkey Investments LLC Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2024-08-15 | Valid |
| N5064G | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2024-08-12 | Valid |
| N4781T | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Continental Title Trust LLC Trustee Wichita, Kansas |
None on file | 2024-08-09 | Valid |
| N612AP | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2024-08-04 | Valid |
| N613AP | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Restricted | 2024-08-04 | Valid |
| N624AP | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Multiple | 2024-08-04 | Valid |
| N625AP | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2024-08-04 | Valid |
| N629AP | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2024-08-04 | Valid |
| N86985 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2024-08-04 | Valid |
| N2976Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-07-22 | Valid |
| N36352 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2024-07-19 | Valid |
| N50DT | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Harrell AG Aviation LLC Oak Grove, Louisiana |
Standard | 2024-07-19 | Valid |
| N2538Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-07-09 | Valid |
| N4148Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Tailwheel Flying LLC Rochester, Minnesota |
Standard | 2024-07-08 | Valid |
| N13PM | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Fly High Aviation LLC Melrose Park, Illinois |
Standard | 2024-07-06 | Valid |
| N88451 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Texas |
Restricted | 2024-06-24 | Valid |
| N90919 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Virginia |
Standard | 2024-06-23 | Valid |
| N307MJ | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Sheridan Pilots 307 LLC Sheridan, Wyoming |
Standard | 2024-05-30 | Valid |
| N130VU | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2024-05-15 | Valid |
| N4119Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2024-05-08 | Valid |
| N8566V | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Brown Mill Ranch LLC Lamar, Colorado |
Standard | 2024-05-05 | Valid |
| N2984Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Stitch Aero LLC Sunnyvale, California |
Standard | 2024-04-29 | Valid |
| N411Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Sky Pirate LLC Provo, Utah |
Standard | 2024-04-28 | Valid |
| N5537K | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Sales First LLC Jasper, Georgia |
Standard | 2024-04-10 | Valid |
| N5535K | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-03-13 | Valid |
| N8751V | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2024-03-06 | Valid |
| N5056C | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-02-21 | Valid |
| N8665V | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-02-19 | Valid |
| N37KF | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-01-29 | Valid |
| N8622V | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Honeycutt Aviation INC Olivehurst, California |
Standard | 2024-01-24 | Valid |
| N5030G | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2024-01-21 | Valid |
| N73PA | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2024-01-20 | Valid |
| N8648V | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner Idaho |
Standard | 2024-01-13 | Valid |
| N5068G | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Scaled Composites LLC Mojave, California |
Standard | 2024-01-12 | Valid |
| N86989 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2024-01-10 | Valid |
| N2991D | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-12-11 | Valid |
| N1470Z | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Big Tree LLC Caldwell, Idaho |
Standard | 2023-12-10 | Valid |
| N2979C | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Enchanted Aircraft LLC Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Standard | 2023-12-06 | Valid |
| N901KG | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-11-20 | Valid |
| N5063L | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Virga Aviation LLC Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Standard | 2023-11-12 | Valid |
| N53818 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Prestige Worldwide Aviation LLC Downers Grove, Illinois |
Standard | 2023-11-08 | Valid |
| N939CB | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Standard | 2023-11-06 | Valid | |
| N2543Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2023-10-26 | Valid |
| N86948 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2023-10-19 | Valid |
| N5521K | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-10-08 | Valid |
| N5059P | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Vertical Edge Enterprises LLC Chandler, Arizona |
Standard | 2023-09-12 | Valid |
| N229BB | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-29 | Valid |
| N53870 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-17 | Valid |
| N214CM | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Kentucky Fly Boys Aviation LLC Vine Grove, Kentucky |
Standard | 2023-07-31 | Valid |
| N86986 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner South Dakota |
Restricted | 2023-07-31 | Valid |
| N87067 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-07-26 | Valid |
| N88144 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Ohio |
Multiple | 2023-07-25 | Valid |
| N5034N | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-07-22 | Valid |
| N1126E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Patch Aero LLC Boca Raton, Florida |
Standard | 2023-07-17 | Valid |
| N29762 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-07-06 | Valid |
| N5505M | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2023-06-27 | Valid |
| N5064U | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-06-24 | Valid |
| N5054K | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Obe Aviation LLC Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-06-13 | Valid |
| N86954 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Breaking Wind LLC Alabaster, Alabama |
Standard | 2023-06-12 | Valid |
| N2693Z | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-06-07 | Valid |
| N5054V | Bellanca 8KCAB |
5054V LLC Knoxville, Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-05-31 | Valid |
| N1217E | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-05-24 | Valid |
| N57673 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-05-22 | Valid |
| N2512Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Plane Old Fun LLC Mckinney, Texas |
Standard | 2023-05-20 | Valid |
| N5043L | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Byker Aviation INC Hawarden, Iowa |
Restricted | 2023-05-20 | Valid |
| N2549Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Bronson Aviation Industries LLC Sharpsburg, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-05-18 | Valid |
| N4132Y | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2023-05-09 | Valid |
| N57454 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Ck Leasing Services LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-05-06 | Valid |
| N5057L | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-05-01 | Valid |
| N180SD | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-04-23 | Valid |
| N90975 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-04-16 | Valid |
| N321RJ | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | Valid |
| N36628 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | Valid |
| N55067 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2023-03-27 | Valid |
| N2586Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-02-28 | Valid |
| N2510Z | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Cherry Hill Aviation INC Freetown, Indiana |
Standard | 2023-02-27 | Valid |
| N5030P | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Egmond Aircraft LLC Lewes, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-02-19 | Valid |
| N5526K | Bellanca 8GCBC |
On-Site Aviation INC Hillsboro, North Dakota |
Standard | 2023-02-14 | Valid |
| N50350 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-02-13 | Valid |
| N88368 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner South Dakota |
Restricted | 2023-02-13 | Valid |
| N488LG | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-01-30 | Valid |
| N5025E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Missouri |
Standard | 2023-01-25 | Valid |
| N8608V | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner North Dakota |
Multiple | 2023-01-24 | Valid |
| N870WT | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2023-01-24 | Valid |
| N5038E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2023-01-23 | Valid |
| N100DP | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-01-19 | Valid |
| N57635 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-01-18 | Valid |
| N2542Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2022-12-26 | Valid |
| N88417 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Fairbanks, Alaska |
Standard | 2022-12-17 | Valid |
| N31273 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2022-12-03 | Valid |
| N7671S | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Klos Aero LLC Plevna, Montana |
Standard | 2022-11-28 | Valid |
| N5056G | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-11-12 | Valid |
| N401AD | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-10-18 | Valid |
| N5027F | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2022-10-11 | Valid |
| N474WB | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-09-24 | Valid |
| N88149 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-09-15 | Valid |
| N7868S | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2022-08-03 | Valid |
| N50450 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2022-08-02 | Valid |
| N50395 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Standard | 2022-08-01 | Valid | |
| N55065 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Puerto Rico |
Standard | 2022-07-20 | Valid |