Bellanca 14-13 Cruisair and 14-19 Cruisemaster

The Bellanca 14-13 Cruisair Senior (1946-50) and 14-19 Cruisemaster (1949-56): four-seat retractable taildraggers with a wooden wing, a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and the distinctive triple tail, cruising at 130 knots on 150 hp (Cruisair) or 157 knots on 190 hp (Cruisemaster). The 14-19-3 of 1959-67 is the tricycle-gear 260 hp development built by Downer and Northern that led directly to the Viking.

The variants

MODEL	YEARS	ACTIVE	TAILFAX SCORE	WHAT CHANGED
14-13	1946–1950	43	—	Cruisair Senior: 150 hp Franklin
14-13-2	1946–1950	77	Partial 14.4/30	Longer stabiliser, baggage door
14-19	1949–1956	30	—	Cruisemaster: 190 hp
14-19-3	1964–1967	57	Partial 17.2/30	260 hp, tricycle gear (Downer/Northern)

Family fleet, active

207

FAA registry

NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs

14.5

3 events over 207 active aircraft, pooled across the family

Successor

Bellanca 17-30 / 17-31 Viking

Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30