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A Bell 47, the same model family as N115SL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N115SL

Bell 47G-4A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N115SL is a Bell 47G-4A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dorr, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 6, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 1, 1969.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-4A · all 47G-4As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open welded steel-tube frame with a plexiglass bubble. This is how the Bell 47 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
7694
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A04061 (octal 50040141)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 6, 2025
Expires
January 31, 2032
Last FAA action
January 6, 2025
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 1, 1969
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00221180

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dykstra Donald J
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1987 140Th Ave
Dorr, MI 49323-9547

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N115SL links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming VO-540 series 110 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
  • Type certificate 2H3 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
Place
  • Dorr, MI 10 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N115SL, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Dykstra Donald J, an individual, certificate issued January 6, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7694 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N115SL according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N115SL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data