# N4104B: 1975 Bellanca 17-30A, registration cancelled 2014-12-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 17, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bellanca 17-30A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (registry code 1220433)
- Engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A18CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A18CE), [TCDS E5CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 75-30776
- Year built: 1975
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 14, 1975
- Certificate issued: January 30, 1989
- Last registry action: March 24, 2005
- Mode S code: A4D706
- Owner when cancelled: [Knowles David D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KNOWLES%20DAVID%20D)
- Location: [Bullard, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Bullard)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 32.1098° N, 95.3484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75757, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4104B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4104B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4104B-2014-12-17

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 FTW04FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA052), Jan 1, 2004: Bellanca 17-30A (N4104B), Dallas, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of flight/navigation instruments while in instrument meteorological conditions (in-cloud flight and low ceilings) resulting in spatial disorientation. A contributing factors was the…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 20040101000809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040101000809A), Jan 1, 2004: Blanca 1730A (N4104B), Dallas, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On January 1, 2004, at 1004 hrs CST, a Bellanca BL-17-30A, N4104B, registered to david knowles, crashed into two homes in the 7100 block of currin drive…

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