1972
Year
C-GCBD — 1972 American Aviation AA-5X
C-GCBD is a 1972 American Aviation AA-5X based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, listed on the Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register (serial AA5-0108X).
Piston single
Category
British Columbia
Based
1
Of this type in Canada
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Grumman American AA-1 & AA-5 in Canada
- None listed on MarketPlane right now.
- Asking prices in 3 ads we've seen across Canada since August 2026: $62,000 to $140,000.
The aircraft
Where it's based
Identity
Registration
AirworthinessOwner-maintenance: a Canadian category letting the owner maintain the aircraft themselves without a licensed engineer signing the work off. Three things a buyer should know — it cannot be changed back to a standard Certificate of Airworthiness, it isn't recognised outside Canada, and it typically reduces resale value because it narrows the buyer pool.Special C of A - Owner-maintenance
Where C-GCBD is, and how to track it
C-GCBD transmits ADS-B under the 24-bit address C04A0E, which the trackers below use to find it. What the address is.
The owner of record and the certificate history are on Transport Canada's own lookup: see C-GCBD on the Transport Canada register →
How rare is C-GCBD?
The American Aviation AA-5X is very rare in Canada. There are 1 on the register. It belongs to the Grumman American AA-1 & AA-5 family, which has 159 in Canada.
- Half of Canada's piston single aircraft were built before 1976. C-GCBD is older than most.
- Canada has 159 American Aviation aircraft of all models.
- Canada has 20,909 piston single aircraft, 2,878 of them in British Columbia.
- 219 aircraft are based in Abbotsford. See them all →
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Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, current to September 29, 2026. Aircraft data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada. MarketPlane.ca is not affiliated with Transport Canada.