Bell 47G-3B-1
N48020 is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1967. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fallon, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 8, 2004 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 16, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2812
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A5EB50 (octal 51365520)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 8, 2004
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 16, 1976
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00730155
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ugalde Chester M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 8600 Curry Rd
Fallon, NV 89406-9299
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N48020, 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 Ugalde Chester M, an individual, certificate issued June 8, 2004, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 16, 1976, 9 years after the 1967 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 2812 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N48020 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft L-2B (serial 4630, cancelled November 1, 1948). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N48020: Accident on September 12, 2003 at Diamond, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 1, 2002 at Panaca, NV: 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 091
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during hover.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA03LA189 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 091
separation of the no. 6 cylinder intake valve head from the valve stem, which resulted in a loss of engine power. The mechanism responsible for the valve failure is unknown.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03TA043 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