Bell 47G-3B
N47AH is a Bell 47G-3B, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1961. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Scotts Helicopter Services INC, a corporation in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2005 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 21, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B · all 47G-3Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2645
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A5BEC9 (octal 51337311)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 4, 2005
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 21, 1993
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00148128
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scotts Helicopter Services INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 92
Le Sueur, MN 56058-0092
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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N47AH, 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 Scotts Helicopter Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 4, 2005, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 21, 1993, 32 years after the 1961 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 2645 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N47AH 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 N47AH: Accident on July 24, 2017 at Toterville, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 14, 2008 at Kenyon, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 19, 1997 at Winston, MT: 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 47G 3B · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain rotor rpm while maneuvering at low altitude with low airspeed and a tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA436 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B · operated under 137
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in the helicopter settling with power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI08CA254 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-G3B · operated under 091
Fuel starvation due to fuel flow restriction from a failed carburetor automatic mixture control device. Factors include night light conditions for the forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA98LA006 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