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N17643

Beech D17S

Valid Montana

N17643 is a Beech D17S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 5 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 29, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
D17S
Serial number
4827
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
158 mph
Transponder code
A13277 (octal 50231167)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 8, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 8, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · July 29, 1958
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00912430

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith James E Trustee
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 8177
Kalispell, MT 59904-1177
Co-owners
Talcott Jeri K Trustee

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

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