Bell 47D1
N4702S is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Ad-Air And AG LLC, an LLC in Dothan, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 30, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated October 1, 1975.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1
- Serial number
- B-101R
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A5C3C9 (octal 51341711)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 30, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · To show compliance with regulations · October 1, 1975
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00573404
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ad-Air And AG LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 602 Royal Pkwy
Dothan, AL 36305-6968
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.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4702S, 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 Ad-Air And AG LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 30, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for to show compliance with regulations; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial B-101R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4702S 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]
3 NTSB records under N4702S: Accident on August 20, 2002 at Union, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 29, 1998 at Dawson, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 15, 1995 at Jasper, FL: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-D1 · operated under 137
the pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA02LA154 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D1 · operated under 137
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing resulting in debris being blown up during landing resulting in damage to the tail rotor and loss of control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA98LA230 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-D1 · operated under 137
IMPROPER MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF THE CARBURETOR SYSTEM BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DURING THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WHICH RESULTED IN A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO CARBURETOR ICE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM AN ADEQUATE PREFLIGHT AND ENGINE RUN-UP, AND THE CARBUETOR ICING CONDITIONS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA96LA028 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