# N28172: Bellanca 17-30A, registration cancelled 1997-04-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 28, 1997
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bellanca 17-30A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (registry code 1220433)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A18CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A18CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 7830895
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: February 15, 1995
- Last registry action: February 15, 1995
- Mode S code: A2D51A
- Owner when cancelled: [Mr Sandman Inc Of Oregon](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MR%20SANDMAN%20INC%20OF%20OREGON)
- Location: [Meridian, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Meridian)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 43.6121° N, 116.3915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meridian, ID, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28172
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=28172
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28172-1997-04-28

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bellanca 17-30A: https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 (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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