N76KF1974 Bellanca 8KCAB
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Grenada, MS
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Acrobatic
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 21, 1974
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Bellanca
- Model
- 8KCAB
- Year
- 1974
- Serial number
- 153-74
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AA4016
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Io-320 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 150 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- until nowIndividual ownerGrenada, MS · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (4)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-14-06 | Wings | Aug 17, 2018 | Airframe (8KCAB)Certain serial numbers: 8KCAB 1116-2012–1120-2012; 8KCAB 1122-2012–1170-2017. Only with: Applies to airplanes in the listed serial ranges, or any airplane equipped with P/N 4-2142 exposed balance ailerons. |
| 2009-22-02 | American Champion Aircraft Corp. Models 7ECA, 7GCAA, 7GCBC, 7KCAB, 8KCAB, and 8GCBC… | Dec 3, 2009 | Airframe (8KCAB)Only with: Manufactured prior to 1989 and equipped with folding rear seat backs. |
| 2005-24-10 | American Champion Aircraft Corporation Models 7AC, 7ACA, S7AC, 7BCM, 7CCM, S7CCM, 7DC… | Jan 17, 2006 | Airframe (8KCAB)Only with: Models 7ECA, 7GCAA, 7GCBC, 8KCAB, 8GCBC manufactured before August 12, 2005 with less than 250 hours TIS; or any listed model with a flight control cable (or wing retrofit kit cable) purchased from ACAC before August 12, 2005 installed and less than 250 hours TIS since installation. |
| 2000-25-02 R1 | American Champion Aircraft Corporation 7, 8, and 11 Series Airplanes | Jul 13, 2001 | Airframe (8KCAB)Only with: Airplanes equipped with wood wing spars; Group 1 vs Group 2 depends on whether the engine has been modified to greater than 90 horsepower. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Propellers · blade · crackedNov 27, 2002
DURING INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH AD. DUE TO INADEQUATE RECORDS, PROPELLER WAS SUBMITTED FOR OVERHAUL AND ALSO TO REPLACE THE HUB IAW AD. AT DISASSEMBLY, PROP WAS FOUND TO HAVE COLD COMPRESSION ROLLED SHANKS. HOWEVER, DURING PENETRANT INSPECTION OF THE BLADES…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · spar · crackedOct 16, 1997
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, PERFORMED WING SPAR INSPECTION PER AMERICAN CHAMPION SL 406 FOR WOOD SPARS: AC-43-16 ALERT NR 226 MAY97: FOUND EXTENSIVE COMPRESSION CRACKS AT FRONT, REAR AT BOTTOM OF BOTH WING SPARS. AIRCRAFT USED FOR AEROBATIC FLIGHT. AD 87-18-09 PREVIOUSLY C/W. NO ACCIDENT DAMAGE IN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · alternator · wire burnedJul 25, 1995
ALTERNATOR SHORTED INTERNALLY IN-FLIGHT CAUSING SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT, FOUND ALTERNATOR OUTPUT TERMINAL SHORTED TO GROUND. THERE IS NO CIRCUIT PROTECTION ON ALTERNATOR OUTPUT CIRCUIT. THIS CAUSED WIRING TO BURN UNTIL PILOT SHUT OFF BATTERY MASTER.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026