Bell 47G-4A
N1396X is a Bell 47G-4A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1967. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Hammock Flying Service INC, a corporation in Smithville, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 2020 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; other, dated October 10, 1969.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-4A · all 47G-4As and related versions
- Serial number
- 7570
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A09FE0 (octal 50117740)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2020
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 31, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control; Other · October 10, 1969
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00781580
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hammock Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 50 Lawrence Road 3053
Smithville, AR 72466-8091
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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 N1396X, 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 Hammock Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 31, 2020, expires March 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; other, dated October 10, 1969, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7570 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1396X 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]
1 NTSB record under N1396X: Accident on July 24, 2015 at Gilbert, IA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G 4A · operated under 137
The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because the available fuel shifted within the tanks due to an abrupt nose-low maneuver to avoid an obstacle, which resulted in a hard forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN15LA322 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