N4879H1948 Piper PA-17
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- O Brien, FL
- Certificate issued
- Dec 5, 2012
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 29, 1956
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-17
- Year
- 1948
- Serial number
- 17-178
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A60635
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor A&C65 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 65 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2012 – nowIndividual ownerO Brien, FL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Landing gear · strut · corrodedFeb 26, 2006
CHANGING SHOCK CORDS, DISCOLORATION OF INNER STRUT TUBE (LONGER ONE), REMOVED IT FROM OUTER TUBE (SHORTER ONE) OF INNER STRUT TUBES WAS CORRODED APPROX 50 PERCENT OF CIRCUM. OTHER INNER STRUT HAD MULTIPLE CORROSION HOLES THROUGH METAL. BOTH SHORT TUBES (OUTER) SHOWED ELONGATION AT ENDS INDICATING…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · strut · damagedFeb 26, 2006
WHEN CHANGING SHOCK CORDS ON THIS AC, NOTICED A DISCOLORATION OF THE INNER STRUT TUBE (LONGER ONE, SUB PN 1180400) AND REMOVED IT FROM THE OUTER TUBE (SHORTER, SUB PN 1180300) ONE OF THE INNER STRUT TUBES WAS CORRODED APPROX 50 PERCENT OF CIRCUMFERENCE. THE OTHER INNER STRUT HAD MULTIPLE CORROSION…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026