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N170BD

Bede James R BD-17

Valid Ohio

N170BD is a Bede James R BD-17, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Bede Family Foundation INC, a corporation in Hinckley, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 23, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 19, 2002.

Aircraft

Maker
Bede James R
Model
BD-17
Serial number
002
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1194A (octal 50214512)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 23, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 23, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · October 19, 2002
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00497341

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bede Family Foundation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 496
Hinckley, OH 44233-0496

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data