Bell 47G-3B-1
N48316 is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1966. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Hammock Flying Service INC, a corporation in Smithville, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 28, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 3628
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Allison 250-C18 · 317 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A5F658 (octal 51373130)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 27, 2013
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 28, 2008
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00720275
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hammock Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 50 Lawrence Road 3053
Smithville, AR 72466-8091
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 N48316, 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 Hammock Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 27, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 28, 2008, 42 years after the 1966 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 3628 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N48316 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T43-7351, cancelled May 23, 1951). 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]
3 NTSB records under N48316: Accident on May 13, 2016 at Portia, AR: fatal, substantial damage. Accident on July 10, 1995 at Hammonton, NJ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on December 18, 1983 at Dummerston, VT: 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 1 · operated under 137
The pilot's decision to perform a sliding takeoff from the elevated platform, which resulted in a dynamic rollover when the right skid plate caught on a protruding screw. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to adequately inspect the landing platform before flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 137
failure of the collective yoke bearing, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with trees. A factor relating to the accident was: the manufacturer's inadequate inspection interval of the yoke bearing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-G3B1 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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