Bell 47G-3B-1
N31FG is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation in Panama City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 1991 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated August 31, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 3834
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-435 · 175 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A344FC (octal 50642374)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 8, 1991
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · August 31, 1981
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00821403
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Coastal Helicopters INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 7424 Coastal Dr
Panama City, FL 32404-4015
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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 N31FG, 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 Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 8, 1991, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 31, 1981, 13 years after the 1968 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 3834 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N31FG 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 N31FG: Accident on October 9, 1992 at Centre, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 1, 1985 at Quitman, GA: 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 47G-3B-1 · operated under 137
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MAIN ROTOR RPM, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL93LA009 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell TH-13T · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA85LA224 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