Single-engine piston

N88165

1974 Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1974
Serial
731-74
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Santa Cruz, CA
Registration record

N88165 on the FAA register

Type
1974 Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC
Serial
731-74
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Santa Cruz, CA
Certificate issued
2016-08-30
Airworthiness date
1974-07-26
Registration expires
2029-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AC24D4
Mode S (octal)
53022324
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-08-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N88165 to the current registrant.
  • 1974-07-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1965-08-04
    N88165 previously assigned to a Piper J-3 Cub / J3 Cub / L-4 Cub (s/n 15782); cancelled.
Overview

About N88165

N88165 is a 1974 Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC, serial number 731-74. It is registered to an individual in Santa Cruz, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 30, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029.

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), dated July 26, 1974.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N88165. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-12-02 Accident · Van Nuys,Ca, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3660
Reported aircraft: Champion 7GCBC — a different aircraft that carried the N88165 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.