Single-engine piston

N53865

1975 Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1975
Serial
892-76
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Larder Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Charlotte, MI
Registration record

N53865 on the FAA register

Type
1975 Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC
Serial
892-76
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Larder Aviation LLC
Charlotte, MI
Certificate issued
2023-03-19
Airworthiness date
1975-10-27
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A6D16D
Mode S (octal)
51550555
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-03-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N53865 to the current registrant.
  • 1975-10-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1949-02-28
    N53865 previously assigned to a Fairchild PT-26 (s/n T42-1947); cancelled.
Overview

About N53865

N53865 is a 1975 Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC, serial number 892-76. The FAA register lists Larder Aviation LLC as the registrant in Charlotte, Michigan. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 19, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, acrobatic), dated October 27, 1975.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N53865.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N53865.

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.