Single-engine piston

N5502C

1978 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
1259-78
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Ekron, KY
Registration record

N5502C on the FAA register

Type
1978 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA
Serial
1259-78
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Ekron, KY
Certificate issued
2025-07-07
Airworthiness date
1978-07-06
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A7020C
Mode S (octal)
51601014
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N5502C to the current registrant.
  • 1978-07-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
  • 1970-06-23
    N5502C previously assigned to a Cessna 170A (s/n 19536); cancelled.
Overview

About N5502C

N5502C is a 1978 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, serial number 1259-78. It is registered to an individual in Ekron, Kentucky. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 7, 2025 and expires on July 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 July 6, 1978.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5502C. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-08-28 Accident · Valdosta,Ga, 10 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 3803
Reported aircraft: Cessna 170A — a different aircraft that carried the N5502C registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: OFF DUE ANIMALS.

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.