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Bellanca 17-31A: 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.

70currently registered
53average age (years)
1973median model year
4seats
1engines

Accident-rate context

14.3NTSB events per 1,000 registered
1NTSB 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 Bellanca 17-31A aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Bellanca 17-31A aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

StateRegistered
Texas 11
Missouri 6
California 5
Florida 4
Minnesota 3
Kansas 3

Other Bellanca models

Was this Bellanca 17-31A ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Bellanca 17-31A 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.

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