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Bellanca 17-30A: fleet, age & accident history

Name: Bellanca 17-30A — US fleet registrations and NTSB accident history
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Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.

399currently registered

50average age (years)

1974median model year

4seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

80.2NTSB events per 1,000 registered

32NTSB events (1982–2026)

NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.

Where Bellanca 17-30A aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Bellanca 17-30A aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
Texas	80
California	32
Florida	23
Oklahoma	20
Minnesota	16
Arizona	16

Bellanca 17-30A airframes with a public accident record

These Bellanca 17-30A aircraft are currently registered and carry at least one NTSB accident or incident record. Marked entries have a record filed under a different tail number — found by manufacturer serial number, which a search on the current N-number alone cannot surface.

N1298R 1972 · 1 record prior tail number
N234DD 1973 · 1 record prior tail number
N14695 1974 · 3 records
N4023B 1974 · 1 record
N432DM 1971 · 1 record
N7373V 1979 · 1 record
N1289R 1972 · 1 record
N14690 1973 · 1 record
N14786 1973 · 1 record
N14908 1974 · 1 record
N15DQ 1975 · 1 record

Other Bellanca models

7GCBC · 487 registered
8KCAB · 370 registered
7ECA · 347 registered
7KCAB · 230 registered
8GCBC · 182 registered
7GCAA · 118 registered
17-30 · 83 registered
14-13-2 · 77 registered

Was this Bellanca 17-30A ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Bellanca 17-30A that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail the airframe wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Delivered instantly, no account, no ads.

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This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24