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N8278R

Bellanca 17-31A

Valid Texas

N8278R is a Bellanca 17-31A, 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 Longview, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 1991 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 24, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
Bellanca
Model
17-31A
Serial number
32-82
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
169 mph
Transponder code
AB4E5C (octal 52647134)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 18, 1991
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 24, 1972
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00113531

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sutton Barry W
Type
Individual
Address
111 Oak Isle Dr
Longview, TX 75605-7523

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