N17117
N17117 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Welch OW8M built in 1938. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 10, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Welch OW8M cancelled August 10, 2012
- Serial number
- 49
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1938
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 7, 1982
- Last FAA action
- January 20, 2009
- Last owner
- Air Power Museum INC (Corporation)
Ottumwa, IA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition
Stinson SR-9B cancelled January 2, 1943
- Serial number
- 5102
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1937
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 1942
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cedar Rapids Airways INC (Corporation)
Cedar Rapids, IA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N17117
CHI94LA003Accident on October 3, 1993 at Greenfield, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Welch OW8M · serial 49
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY FLARE THE AIRPLANE. THE GUSTY CROSSWIND WAS A FACTOR.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site