Single-engine piston

N5047U

1979 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
1303-79
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rio Aero Club (Corporation)
Based
Sun Prairie, WI
Registration record

N5047U on the FAA register

Type
1979 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA
Serial
1303-79
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Rio Aero Club
Sun Prairie, WI
Certificate issued
1989-07-24
Airworthiness date
1979-05-17
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A64C2C
Mode S (octal)
51446054
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1989-07-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N5047U to the current registrant.
  • 1979-05-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1964-05-13
    N5047U previously assigned to a Cessna 206 (s/n 206-0047); cancelled.
Overview

About N5047U

N5047U is a 1979 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, serial number 1303-79. The FAA register lists Rio Aero Club as the registrant in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 24, 1989 and expires on March 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-235 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated May 17, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5047U.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5047U.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.