Bellanca 17-30A
4 for sale, 3 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.
What does a Bellanca 17-30A ask?
Not published
4 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.
How far does a Bellanca 17-30A fly?
The 17-30A’s book range is 750 nm, about 4 h 01 min at 187 kt.
Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.
What does a Bellanca 17-30A cost to keep?
It depends on how you fly it and where you keep it, so Sprinkle doesn’t give one figure. Work it out on your own numbers.
Go to the cost calculator →Asking price by year built
Each dot is one aircraft's asking price; the line is each year's median, the band its low–high. 1988–1990: 1 for sale, 1 priced.
The figures by year
| Year | For sale | Priced | Median ask | Low–high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1 | 1 | — | $49,500–$49,500 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | — | $75,000–$75,000 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | — | $149,000–$149,000 |
Medians from 5 priced aircraft up. Asks outside 0.6–1.6× their year's median are left out.
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Range by variant
Book ranges from the catalog: still air, full fuel, no reserves, at the confidence shown. Plan with your own numbers.
- 17-30A750 nm · 187 kt cruise · medium confidence
The Bellanca 17-30A in brief
4 Bellanca 17-30A listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1970–1989.
How the Bellanca 17-30A performs
By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 187 knots.
The longest book range across its variants is 750 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.
It seats up to 4 passengers.
Buying a Bellanca 17-30A
Too few US-dollar asking prices to give a range yet.
Before an offer, check
- A pre-buy inspection by a mechanic who knows the type, chosen by you, not the seller.
- Complete logbooks for the airframe, engines and propellers, with any gaps explained.
- Damage history and any repairs, against the logbooks and the registry record.
- Engine time against the overhaul interval, and the shop that did the last overhaul.
- Airworthiness directives and service bulletins: which apply, and how each was closed.
Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.
About the Bellanca 17-30A
- Manufacturer
- Bellanca, United States
- Category
- Piston airplane
- Variants in the catalog
- 1: 17-30A
- Passengers, at most
- 4
- The farthest the maker says the aircraft can fly on full fuel, in still air with standard reserves. Real trips with passengers and wind come up shorter.
- 750 nm
- Cruise speed, fastest
- 187 kt
- The highest altitude at which the aircraft can still climb at 100 feet per minute. Most trips cruise well below it.
- 24,000 ft
- The heaviest the aircraft is certified to weigh at takeoff, with people, bags and fuel on board.
- 1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
- The aviation authority’s approval of an aircraft design, such as the FAA’s or EASA’s. Each model flies under one.
- FAA
From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.
The Bellanca 17-30A fleet
- Registered fleet
- 426
- Median age
- 52 years
- Registration changes, past 12 months
- 12
- Most built in the
- 1970s
From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.
Bellanca 17-30A type certificates
- 17-30A FAA A18CE
- approved Dec 12, 1969 · Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations dated February 1, 1965, as amended by 23-1 thru 23-6. · MTOW 1,507 kg · 4 passengers · Continental IO-520-K or Continental IO-550-F · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
From the regulators' type-certificate data sheets. Figures shown only where the reading is high-confidence.
Bellanca 17-30A manuals and documents
- Checklist for Bellanca Viking N4880V (PDF, opens in a new tab)Checklist
- Bellanca 17-30A Maintenance Manual (PDF, opens in a new tab)Maintenance
- Bellanca Viking Maintenance Manual (PDF, opens in a new tab)Maintenance
- service and maintenance - bellanca "300" viking model 17-30 (PDF, opens in a new tab)Maintenance
- BELLANCA 17-30A Model Guide (PDF, opens in a new tab)Model guide · 2026
- BELLANCA 17-30A SUPER VIKING Model Guide (PDF, opens in a new tab)Model guide · 2026
From Sprinkle’s library for this model. PDFs open from Sprinkle’s own files.
What one would cost to fly
Put in your own figures; the totals update as you type.
- A month
- $1,967
- A flight hour, all in
- $236
- Flying (fuel and reserve)
- $10,300
- Fixed
- $13,300
- Loan
- $0
Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure for a piston airplane: an assumption, not Sprinkle's data. Replace them with your own.
Not a quote: Sprinkle doesn't hold insurance, hangar or maintenance costs. Asking prices, not sales.
From the listings Sprinkle reads for this model. Read Nov 12, 2026.