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N8257R

Bellanca 17-30A

N8257R is a Bellanca 17-30A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Southaven, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 12, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 19, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
Bellanca
Model
17-30A
Serial number
30450
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
142 mph
Transponder code
AB46CB (octal 52643313)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 12, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 12, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 19, 1972
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00843581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Preiss Michael C
Type
Individual
Address
7674 Gallant Fox Cv
Southaven, MS 38671-9187

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