Single-engine piston

N50487

Bellanca Citabria 7ECA

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
1305-79
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Westover, WV
Registration record

N50487 on the FAA register

Type
Bellanca Citabria 7ECA
Serial
1305-79
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Westover, WV
Certificate issued
2021-03-15
Airworthiness date
1979-05-24
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A64C5C
Mode S (octal)
51446134
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).
  • 2021-03-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N50487 to the current registrant.
  • 1979-05-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1972-09-20
    N50487 previously assigned to a Cessna 150J (s/n 15069339); cancelled.
Overview

About N50487

N50487 is a Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, serial number 1305-79. It is registered to an individual in Westover, West Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 15, 2021 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 24, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N50487. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1970-05-18 Accident · Patriot,Ind, 14 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2082
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N50487 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: T RESPOND TO THROTTLE.L WING HIT GRND.

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.