Single-engine piston

N7553

Rainbow Sky Reach (Pty) Bushcat

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
CH178C
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Merritt Island, FL
Registration record

N7553 on the FAA register

Type
Rainbow Sky Reach (Pty) Bushcat
Serial
CH178C
Engines
1
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Merritt Island, FL
Certificate issued
2017-03-01
Airworthiness date
2016-07-22
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Light sport · airplane
Mode S (hex)
AA2F5D
Mode S (octal)
52427535
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).
  • 2017-03-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N7553 to the current registrant.
  • 2016-07-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (light sport category (airplane)).
  • 1972-05-02
    N7553 previously assigned to a Schweizer SGS 2-33A (s/n 183); cancelled.
Overview

About N7553

N7553 is a Rainbow Sky Reach (Pty) Bushcat, serial number CH178C. It is registered to an individual in Merritt Island, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 1, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is light sport category (airplane), dated July 22, 2016.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N7553. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1971-05-23 Accident · Bloomingburg,Ny, 32 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0408
Reported aircraft: Schweizer SGS-2 — a different aircraft that carried the N7553 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: S UN MAKE ARPT.LDG APCH ENCTRD TURB L WING HIT GND

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.