Bell 47G-3B-1
N1335X 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 Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation in Rochelle, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2004 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated June 8, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6556
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A08973 (octal 50104563)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 8, 2004
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · June 8, 2005
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00021400
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hendrickson Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 21532 Quitno Rd
Rochelle, IL 61068-9413
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1335X, 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 Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 8, 2004, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 8, 2005, 39 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 6556 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1335X 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 N1335X: Accident on June 16, 1997 at Fallon, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 10, 1996 at Rangely, CO: 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
exhaustion of the aircraft's fuel supply, due to improper planning and/or decision. A factor related to the accident was the high density altitude which made a successful autorotative landing unlikely.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX97TA213 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 091
the pilot's excessive cyclic control input during a low altitude operation, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance from high vegetation (sage brush). The proximity of high vegetation was a related factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW96TA383 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data