Bell 47G-3B-1
N1397X 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 Aerial Patrol Resource LLC, an LLC in Jerusalem, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6585
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A0A003 (octal 50120003)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 14, 2022
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 1, 1997
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00411630
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aerial Patrol Resource LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 52704 State Route 800
Jerusalem, OH 43747-9666
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 N1397X, 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 Aerial Patrol Resource LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 14, 2022, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 1, 1997, 31 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 6585 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1397X 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]
3 NTSB records under N1397X: Accident on September 29, 1996 at Borinquen, PR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 15, 1991 at Penuelas, PR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 8, 1983 at Delano, CA: minor 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 091
the pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft while hover taxing. Factors in this accident were wind gusts and a tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA96LA235 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 091
INADVERTENT CONTROL INTERFERENCE BY A PASSENGER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF CONTROL AND ROLL OVER AFTER TOUCHDOWN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA91LA217 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX83LA184 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