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A Bell 47, the same model family as N255PH
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N255PH

Bell 47J-2A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWyoming

N255PH is a Bell 47J-2A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Laramie, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial advertising, dated June 12, 1997.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47J-2A · all 47J-2As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open welded steel-tube frame with a plexiglass bubble. This is how the Bell 47 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
3307
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A26B5E (octal 50465536)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 25, 2023
Expires
July 31, 2030
Last FAA action
July 25, 2023
Airworthiness
MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Aerial advertisingFAA certificate purpose code 133 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 12, 1997
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00413072

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Egenolf Evan Patrick
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 2324
Laramie, WY 82073-2324

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.

Connections how N255PH links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming VO-540 series 110 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
  • Type certificate 2H1 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N255PH, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Egenolf Evan Patrick, an individual, certificate issued July 25, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; aerial advertising; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3307 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N255PH according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N255PH: Accident on August 22, 1986 at Newburyport, MA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

NYC86LA227Accident on August 22, 1986 at Newburyport, MA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47J-2A · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data