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A Bell 47, the same model family as N2899B
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N2899B

Bell 47G-2

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N2899B is a Bell 47G-2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Classic Rotors Museum, a corporation in Ramona, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 1, 1965.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-2 · all 47G-2s 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
1999
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A2F2FF (octal 50571377)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 8, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 1, 1965
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00650603

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Classic Rotors Museum
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
2690 Montecito Rd Hngr G
Ramona, CA 92065-1611

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N2899B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N2899B.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2899B, 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 Classic Rotors Museum, a corporation, certificate issued September 8, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; 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 1999 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N2899B 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

2 NTSB records under N2899B: Accident on December 2, 1989 at Rialto, CA: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on August 12, 1985 at Big Bear City, CA: minor 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 2

LAX90LA042Accident on December 2, 1989 at Rialto, CA: minor injuries, destroyed.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-II · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT OVERCONTROL WHILE HOVERING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S INEXPERIENCE.

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

LAX85LA344Accident on August 12, 1985 at Big Bear City, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-2 · 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 November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data