# N4854V: 1968 Bellanca 17-30, registration cancelled 2018-01-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 24, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bellanca 17-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (registry code 1220432)
- Engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A3), [TCDS E5CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 30108
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: April 6, 1968
- Certificate issued: January 29, 1996
- Last registry action: January 30, 2002
- Mode S code: A5FE24
- Owner when cancelled: [Super Viking Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SUPER%20VIKING%20INC)
- Location: [Harrison, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Harrison)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.2380° N, 93.0860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 72601, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4854V
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4854V
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4854V-2018-01-24

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 17-30: https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30.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 CHI98LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA059), Dec 8, 1997: Bellanca 17-30 (N4854V), Independence, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather. Contributing factors were low ceilings, fog, and the guy wire.

## 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 19971208037829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971208037829A), Dec 8, 1997: Blanca 1730 (N4854V), Independence, KS, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Departed into IMC VFR. Wing struck power line while flying low. To avoid low clouds. (.4)the airplane initially impacted a guy wire of a 414-foot tower, about…

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