Bell 47D1
N202CH is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1951. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Bavarian Barnstormers 2 INC, a non-citizen corporation in North Fort Myers, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 23, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1 · all 47D1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 301
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A199AB (octal 50314653)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 23, 2020
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00022734
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bavarian Barnstormers 2 INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Address
- 18553 Baseleg Ave
North Fort Myers, FL 33917-7102
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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 N202CH, 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 Bavarian Barnstormers 2 INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued February 23, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 23, 2020, 69 years after the 1951 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 301 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N202CH 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 N202CH: Accident on April 20, 2016 at Myerstown, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 25, 1987 at Rolling Fork, MS: 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 47D1 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the engine revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA16LA167 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-2 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA87LA145 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