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1974 BELLANCA CITABRIA 7ECA

Name: 1974 BELLANCA CITABRIA 7ECA
Brand: Bellanca
Price: 69900 USD
Availability: InStock

1974 Bellanca Citabria

Howell, MI Listed today

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About this aircraft

$69,900 · PRICE REDUCED · TAT:2544.52, SMOH:1072.02,SPOH:498.42-05/2026 ANNUAL! Wood spars and skin in good condition. Many upgrades in recent years including: VGs, JPI fuel flow system , Garmin GTX327 transponder, Garmin G5 and LED landing light. UAvionix Sky Beacon ADS-B out. Extras included: spare tundra tires, battery tender, Garmin GD50, Garmin aera 660, AKG headset, intake plugs, and aileron spades. Great tail wheel trainer and light aerobatic starter plane that is fully ready to go, well maintained, and FUN to fly! Complete logs-digital copy available. Purchase inquiries call Don; for maintenance/logs call Anna.

Specifications

Year: 1974
Total time (TTAF): 2,545 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 1,072 hrs
Annual due: May 2026

Avionics & panel

ADS-B compliant

ADS-B Out equipped. No glass, GPS, or autopilot found in the listing — ask the owner about the full panel.

ADS-B Out

Garmin GTX327 transponder
Garmin G5
UAvionix Sky Beacon ADS-B Out
JPI fuel flow system
Garmin GD50
Garmin aera 660

Equipment list extracted from the seller's description. Verify with logbooks before purchase.

How this stacks up

1 in this listing's favor1 to ask about

Good deal
$16,100 (19%) below the median of 7 similar-year, similar-hours Bellanca Citabria listings
Listed today
Listed more recently than ~100% of the 16 comparable Bellanca Citabria listings still for sale
Annual may be overdue
The listing states the annual was due May 2026 — confirm the aircraft has a current annual before you commit
3/5 key specs
Most key specs are provided; verify any missing details with the seller

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 2,545 hrs total time across ~52 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈49 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 49 hrs/year over ~52 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Annual inspection

Required every 12 calendar months. Read off the listing's stated annual-due date — confirm against the logbooks.

May 2026Verify

Annual inspection may be overdue

The listing states the annual was due May 2026, about 3 months ago — confirm the aircraft has a current annual, and budget ~$2,500 if it still needs one.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,892/mo$22,699/yr

≈ $227 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$69,900 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $7,699 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$69,900	$1,892/mo	$22,699/yr
1/2 share	$34,950	$1,446/mo	$17,350/yr
1/3 share	$23,300	$1,297/mo	$15,566/yr
1/4 share	$17,475	$1,223/mo	$14,675/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$69,900

~15% above market · $61k median · 16 comps

ClubHanger Estimate

Above market

Asking $8,900 (15%) above the median Bellanca Citabria listing.

16 other Bellanca Citabria listings for sale now range $25,000–$118,500 (median $61,000) — this one is priced above 56% of them.

$25,000$118,500

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Deal check

Good deal

Asking $16,100 (19%) below the median of similar-year, similar-hours Bellanca Citabria listings.

Compared with 7 Bellanca Citabria listings for sale now within ±5 years and comparable total time — controlling for the two biggest value drivers, so this is a genuine value read (median $86,000).

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Compares this asking price to all Bellanca Citabria listings — actual value also depends on year, hours, and avionics. An estimate, not an appraisal or an offer.

Listed today — listed more recently than ~100% of the 16 similar Bellanca Citabria listings for sale now

Listing trust

2/4

Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.

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