Bell 47G-5A
N59403 is a Bell 47G-5A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1973. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Atwood, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 31, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-5A · all 47G-5As and related versions
- Serial number
- 25140
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A7AEB7 (octal 51727267)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 5, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 31, 1973
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00741965
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Worthy Gary L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 610 E Hill Dr
Atwood, KS 67730-1756
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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 N59403, 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 Worthy Gary L, an individual, certificate issued November 5, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 31, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25140 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N59403 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 N59403: Accident on May 19, 2005 at Brush, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 10, 1991 at Farmington, 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 47G-5A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the truck trailer during takeoff. A factor contributing to this accident was the truck trailer.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN05CA078 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-5A · operated under 137
THE CONTAMINATION OF THE ENGINE INDUCTION AIR FILTER. SOFT TERRAIN DURING THE TOUCHDOWN WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX91LA128 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