Beech D17S
N217SD is a Beech D17S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Sennas Ghost LLC, an LLC in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- D17S · all D17Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 3098
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1942
- Cruising speed
- 158 mph
- Transponder code
- A1D517 (octal 50352427)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 23, 2016
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00391060
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sennas Ghost LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 16270
Missoula, MT 59808-6270
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.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N217SD, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Sennas Ghost LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 23, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3098 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N217SD according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N217SD: Accident on July 24, 1999 at Arco, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 20, 1986 at Louisville, KY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech D17S · operated under 091
Fuel starvation which resulted in a loss of power. The pilot's improper management of fuel was a factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA99LA127 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech D-17-S · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL87LA048 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data