N8785V is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bellanca 17-30A built in 1970. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 15, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Bellanca 17-30A cancelled May 15, 2013
- Serial number
- 30333
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1970
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 3, 1989
- Last FAA action
- March 21, 1992
- Last owner
- Henley Gary S (Individual)
Midland, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N8785V
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 17-30A · serial 30333
CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HIS SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE WERE FACTORS.
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