Bell 47G-5
N4798R is a Bell 47G-5, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Triple F Flying INC, a corporation in Benton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 1999 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated November 5, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-5 · all 47G-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- 7925
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A5E609 (octal 51363011)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 29, 1999
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · November 5, 2002
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00550145
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Triple F Flying INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 912 Austin Trl
Benton, PA 17814-8257
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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 N4798R, 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 Triple F Flying INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 29, 1999, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 5, 2002, 34 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 7925 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4798R 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 N4798R: Accident on July 4, 1992 at Mesa, AZ: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on November 1, 1989 at Guadalupe, CA: 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 47G5 · operated under 137
A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON (S). FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE 1) LOW ALTITUDE WHEN THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED 2) LOW ROTOR RPM AS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF POWER, AND 3) THE PILOT NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION DUE TO THE LOW ALTITUDE AND ROTOR RPM.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX92LA278 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-5 · operated under 137
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO COLLIDE WITH A WOODEN POWER POLE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SUNGLARE WHICH INHIBITED THE PILOT'S VISION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90DVM01 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
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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data