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Cessna 170A: fleet, age & accident history

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.

512currently registered
76average age (years)
1950median model year
4seats
1engines

Accident-rate context

136.7NTSB events per 1,000 registered
70NTSB 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 Cessna 170A aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Cessna 170A aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

StateRegistered
Texas 48
Alaska 41
Washington 39
California 36
Florida 24
Wisconsin 21

Cessna 170A airframes with a public accident record

These Cessna 170A 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.

Other Cessna models

Was this Cessna 170A ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Cessna 170A 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