Bell 47G-3B-1
N1181W is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1966. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hutchinson, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 28, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 9, 1996.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2948
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A04C7B (octal 50046173)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 28, 2020
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 9, 1996
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00881490
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dick Richard A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2009 Brandy Lake Rd
Hutchinson, KS 67501-8150
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N1181W, 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.
Valid registration to Dick Richard A, an individual, certificate issued February 28, 2020, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 9, 1996, 30 years after the 1966 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2948 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1181W according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
2 NTSB records under N1181W: Accident on February 13, 2016 at Carson City, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 15, 1993 at Mesa, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G 3B 1 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient main rotor rpm, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control and a dynamic rollover.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR16LA069 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G3B1 · operated under 137
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE. FACTORS INCLUDE EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED WHILE APPROACHING THE FLARE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA94LA042 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data