Single-engine piston

N5502U

1978 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
1260-78
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
90 Degree Crosswind LLC (LLC)
Based
Arcadia, FL
Registration record

N5502U on the FAA register

Type
1978 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA
Serial
1260-78
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
90 Degree Crosswind LLC
Arcadia, FL
Certificate issued
2025-09-24
Airworthiness date
1978-06-30
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, acrobatic
Mode S (hex)
A7021C
Mode S (octal)
51601034
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-09-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N5502U.
  • 1978-06-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, acrobatic)).
Overview

About N5502U

N5502U is a 1978 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, serial number 1260-78. The FAA register lists 90 Degree Crosswind LLC as the registrant in Arcadia, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 24, 2025 and expires on September 30, 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 June 30, 1978.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5502U.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5502U.

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.