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N86986

Bellanca 8GCBC

N86986 is a Bellanca 8GCBC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 3 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Philip, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 6, 1974.

Aircraft

Maker
Bellanca
Model
8GCBC
Serial number
45-74
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
101 mph
Transponder code
ABF3D5 (octal 52771725)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 31, 2023
Expires
July 31, 2030
Last FAA action
July 31, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · June 6, 1974
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00642301

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nelson Michael R
Type
Co-owned
Address
23152 11 Mile Rd
Philip, SD 57567-3259
Co-owners
Nelson Brooke A

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data