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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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1 · all 47D1s 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
- B-101R
- 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
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A5C3C9 (octal 51341711)
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 30, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · To show compliance with regulationsFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 1, 1975
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00573404
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ad-Air and AG LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N4702S 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
- Type certificate H-1 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Ad-Air and AG LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Dothan, AL 65 aircraft registered in this town
- Dothan Regional · DHN
- Alabama 4,325 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
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4702S.json.
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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.
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-D1 · operated under 137
the pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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