# N28172: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: April 28, 1997
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=28172
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28172

## Aircraft that carried N28172

- [Cancelled 1997-04-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28172-1997-04-28): Bellanca 17-30A, S/N 7830895. Owner: [Mr Sandman Inc Of Oregon](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MR%20SANDMAN%20INC%20OF%20OREGON), [Meridian, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Meridian)

## NTSB investigations on N28172 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX97LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA009), Oct 8, 1996: Bellanca 17-30A (N28172), Jackpot, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent disorientation in dark night time conditions and failure to maintain a proper climbing attitude.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N28172 (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19961008031239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961008031239A), Oct 8, 1996: Blanca 1730A (N28172), Jackpot, NV, Destroyed. Flew into dark unlit rising terrain on climbout VFR. Failed establish positive climb.
- [Accident 19960104000049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960104000049A), Jan 4, 1996: Blanca 1730A (N28172), Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. Landed on closed runway, on roll out hit gravel veered off runway, gear collapsed.

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