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 records · 251 cases since 1982, 62 fatal
2026-07-14WPR26LA260 · 8KCAB N5051W · accident near Auburn, CA · minor injuries
2026-06-02ANC26LA047 · 8GCBC N4162Y · accident near Salcha, AK · no injuries
2026-03-08CEN26LA135 · 8KCAB N2663Z · accident near Trinidad, CO · no injuries
2026-02-13CEN26LA117 · 8GCBC N5071K · accident near De Smet, SD · no injuries
2024-08-31ANC24LA087 · 8GCBC N1217E · accident near Lime Village, AK · no injuries
2024-07-31CEN24LA306 · 8GCBC N188RS · accident near Cleveland, MS · no injuries
2024-07-04ERA24LA299 · 8GCBC N749SK · accident near Frankford, DE · minor injuries
2024-03-13CEN24LA136 · 8GCBC N4159Y · accident near Grind Stone City, MI · no injuries
The 8 most recent of 251 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N8587V | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Caprock Soaring Association Littlefield, Texas |
Standard | 2022-07-15 | Valid |
| N1186E | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Howatt Air INC Langdon, North Dakota |
Standard | 2022-07-12 | Valid |
| N4101Y | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2022-06-18 | Valid |
| N5048G | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Chappell Flying Service LLC Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2022-06-10 | Valid |
| N86682 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2022-05-27 | Valid |
| N8663 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-05-04 | Valid |
| N86974 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Qualitair LLC Trustee Michelstadt, |
Standard | 2022-05-03 | Valid |
| N50636 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Placer Aviation LLC Loomis, California |
Standard | 2022-04-29 | Valid |
| N87038 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Georgia |
Standard | 2022-04-29 | Valid |
| N990SA | Bellanca 8GCBC |
On-Site Aviation INC Hillsboro, North Dakota |
Restricted | 2022-04-29 | Valid |
| N5066L | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2022-03-31 | Valid |
| N167BW | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2022-03-29 | Valid |
| N822MW | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2022-03-29 | Valid |
| N406JK | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2022-03-23 | Valid |
| N5026B | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2022-03-21 | Valid |
| N8753V | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Scott Gorski Aviation Aerobatics Bothell, Washington |
Standard | 2022-03-03 | Valid |
| N5039G | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Phronesis LLC Tucson, Arizona |
Standard | 2022-02-14 | Valid |
| N2523Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Bchr Aviation LLC Boerne, Texas |
Standard | 2022-02-11 | Valid |
| N5043S | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Delaware |
Standard | 2022-01-26 | Valid |
| N88287 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Meyerkorth Aviation LLC Rock Port, Missouri |
Standard | 2022-01-24 | Valid |
| N4142Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Standard | 2022-01-15 | Valid | |
| N2907Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2021-12-10 | Valid |
| N4161Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Wings Enterprizes LTD CO Yukon, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2021-11-03 | Valid |
| N86595 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-10-28 | Valid |
| N88059 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Tidewater Soaring Society Windsor, Virginia |
Restricted | 2021-10-13 | Valid |
| N2944Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2021-10-05 | Valid |
| N1006E | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Spot-Air LLC Burlington, Texas |
Standard | 2021-09-27 | Valid |
| N7906S | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2021-09-22 | Valid |
| N80BD | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Jtr Aviation LLC Canton, Texas |
Standard | 2021-09-20 | Valid |
| N50451 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Bottomland Enterprises LLC Fabens, Texas |
Standard | 2021-09-16 | Valid |
| N50376 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2021-08-26 | Valid |
| N999SP | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-08-10 | Valid |
| N8698V | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Nine 8 Victor Tailshare LLC Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2021-07-27 | Valid |
| N2687Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-07-26 | Valid |
| N11BW | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Quonset Aviation LLC North Kingstown, Rhode Island |
Standard | 2021-07-19 | Valid |
| N5504Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Tarkington John W Almyra, Arkansas |
Standard | 2021-07-09 | Valid |
| N2524Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2021-06-23 | Valid |
| N5041M | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2021-06-10 | Valid |
| N5029K | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Ferrin Aviation LLC Rome, Georgia |
Standard | 2021-06-02 | Valid |
| N1046E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Risk Indemnification Professionals LLC Boston, Massachusetts |
Standard | 2021-05-06 | Valid |
| N5053E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2021-05-04 | Valid |
| N5033D | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2021-05-01 | Valid |
| N14WF | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Samberg Scott S Gillette, Wyoming |
Standard | 2021-04-30 | Valid |
| N580J | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2021-04-27 | Valid |
| N2JG | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Wetsu Enterprises INC Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Standard | 2021-04-10 | Valid |
| N53819 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Multiple | 2021-04-10 | Valid |
| N5187J | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Dagger Falls LLC Boise, Idaho |
Standard | 2021-04-02 | Valid |
| N53975 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2021-04-02 | Valid |
| N804SM | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Vogt Gregory A Broken Arrow, Oklahoma |
Restricted | 2021-02-23 | Valid |
| N7697S | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2021-02-12 | Valid |
| N95NH | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner Oregon |
Standard | 2021-02-10 | Valid |
| N88309 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2021-02-05 | Valid |
| N8SF | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-01-20 | Valid |
| N41819 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Crop Jet Aviation LLC Gooding, Idaho |
Standard | 2020-12-09 | Valid |
| N141CH | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2020-11-18 | Valid |
| N88305 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Loprinze Aviation LLC Nashua, New Hampshire |
Standard | 2020-11-09 | Valid |
| N11MF | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Croom Aviation LLC Port Saint Joe, Florida |
Standard | 2020-10-21 | Valid |
| N50247 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2020-10-08 | Valid |
| N8641V | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2020-09-24 | Valid |
| N205MA | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Warbird Adventures INC Ocoee, Florida |
Standard | 2020-09-09 | Valid |
| N178TT | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Restricted | 2020-09-08 | Valid |
| N5029G | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2020-09-02 | Valid |
| N1106E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2020-07-30 | Valid |
| N5503J | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2020-07-21 | Valid |
| N50436 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2020-06-03 | Valid |
| N7630S | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2020-05-18 | Valid |
| N5048T | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2020-05-12 | Valid |
| N57669 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2020-04-16 | Valid |
| N5060J | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2020-03-31 | Valid |
| N86630 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Pressley Aviation LLC New London, North Carolina |
Standard | 2020-03-23 | Valid |
| N87043 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2020-03-12 | Valid |
| N56035 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Nebraska |
None on file | 2020-02-21 | Valid |
| N5043Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Hsrdla LLC Kenosha, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2020-01-23 | Valid |
| N5036G | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Florida |
Multiple | 2020-01-14 | Valid |
| N71SD | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Ralph B Beatty LLC Murrysville, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2020-01-14 | Valid |
| N50240 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2019-12-26 | Valid |
| N76YD | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2019-12-19 | Valid |
| N2654Z | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Albij3 LLC Milton, Florida |
Standard | 2019-11-21 | Valid |
| N7624S | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner California |
Multiple | 2019-11-16 | Valid |
| N86885 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2019-10-29 | Valid |
| N4187Y | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2019-10-16 | Valid |
| N5057C | Bellanca 8KCAB |
G & M Aviation LLC Kokomo, Indiana |
Standard | 2019-10-08 | Reports overdue |
| N345AS | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2019-09-18 | Valid |
| N5500W | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Kansas State University Salina, Kansas |
Standard | 2019-09-05 | Valid |
| N1155E | Bellanca 8KCAB |
N1155E LLC Houma, Louisiana |
Standard | 2019-09-03 | Valid |
| N5051W | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Fox Two LLC Camino, California |
Standard | 2019-07-12 | Valid |
| N5042Q | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2019-06-21 | Valid |
| N5051L | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner Wyoming |
Standard | 2019-06-17 | Valid |
| N8611V | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Wyoming |
Standard | 2019-05-22 | Valid |
| N7XV | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2019-05-13 | Valid |
| N51CB | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2019-05-01 | Valid |
| N41696 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Aaa Aviation LLC Donalsonville, Georgia |
Standard | 2019-04-30 | Valid |
| N7658S | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Flytwincos LLC Las Vegas, Nevada |
Standard | 2019-04-10 | Valid |
| N731JD | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2019-04-04 | Valid |
| N86950 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2019-03-26 | Valid |
| N5503C | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2019-03-11 | Valid |
| N5046D | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2019-03-09 | Valid |
| N86993 | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Jhs INC Helena, Montana |
Standard | 2019-03-02 | Valid |
| N3770 | Bellanca 8KCAB |
Joebravo Aviation LLC Derby, Kansas |
None on file | 2019-01-25 | Valid |
| N5046C | Bellanca 8GCBC |
Individual owner Iowa |
Multiple | 2018-12-06 | Valid |