Single-engine piston

N53311

Bellanca Citabria 7ECA

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
1143-76
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Barksdale Air Racing LLC (LLC)
Based
Conroe, TX
Registration record

N53311 on the FAA register

Type
Bellanca Citabria 7ECA
Serial
1143-76
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Barksdale Air Racing LLC
Conroe, TX
Certificate issued
2025-03-03
Airworthiness date
1976-01-13
Registration expires
2032-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A6BE27
Mode S (octal)
51537047
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-03-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N53311 to the current registrant.
  • 2012-08-20
    N53311 previously assigned to a Cessna A188B (s/n 18801752T); cancelled.
  • 1976-01-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1955-11-29
    N53311 previously assigned to a Vultee BT-13 (s/n 5561); cancelled.
Overview

About N53311

N53311 is a Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, serial number 1143-76. The FAA register lists Barksdale Air Racing LLC as the registrant in Conroe, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 3, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032.

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 January 13, 1976.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N53311. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1979-05-24 Accident · Falfurrias,Tx, 43 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0926
Reported aircraft: Cessna A188B — a different aircraft that carried the N53311 registration before this airframe.

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.