N5046N — 1979 Bellanca 7GCBC

Aircraft record

Serial number

1132-79

Manufacturer

Bellanca

Model

7GCBC

Year

1979

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming 0-320 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N5046N →

Accident & incident history

1. CEN16FA145Apr 8, 2016Midlothian, TXFatal · 1 fatal

   The flight instructor's inability to move the control stick after takeoff for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and inadvertent aerodynamic stall. The reason for the inability to move the control stick could not be determined, because postaccident examination revealed no evidence of flight control malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1979 Bellanca 7GCBC).

1. Mar 14, 2018deregistered — Walker Carol L

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N5046N was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1979 Bellanca 7GCBC above.

• until Oct 22, 1965Beech C18S (s/n 8175)

Frequently asked

Has N5046N been in an accident?

Yes. N5046N appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2016.

What kind of aircraft is N5046N?

N5046N is a 1979 Bellanca 7GCBC (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 1132-79.

Has N5046N been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N5046N (CEN16FA145) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.