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Bell 47J
N2838B is a Bell 47J, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1957. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting INC, a corporation in Warsaw, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising; aerial surveying; patrolling; forest; other, dated February 24, 1958.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47J · all 47Js and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA 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
- 1424
- 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-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A2DC92 (octal 50556222)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 28, 2023
- Expires
- December 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- December 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Aerial advertising; Aerial surveying; Patrolling; Forest; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 32540 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 24, 1958
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00010403
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 722 e Center St
Warsaw, IN 46580-3322
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2838B links to the rest of the register
- Bell 47 478 registered
- Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate 2H1 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Warsaw, IN 39 aircraft registered in this town
- Warsaw Municipal · ASW
- Barbee Lake Seaplane Base · 0IA
- Tippecanoe Seaplane Base · 01B
- Indiana 5,698 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 47 46 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 47 145 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 47 194 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N2838B, 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 Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 28, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for aerial advertising; aerial surveying; patrolling; forest; other, dated February 24, 1958, consistent with the 1957 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1424 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2838B 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 N2838B: Accident on August 5, 1988 at Dowagiac, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47J · operated under 091
FAILURE TO MAINTIAN ADEQUATE ROTOR RPM BY THE UNQUALIFIED PILOT.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data