Bell 47G-5
N7060J is a Bell 47G-5, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Wilbur-Ellis CO, a corporation in Salinas, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2010 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 29, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-5 · all 47G-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- 25017
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A96D39 (octal 52266471)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2010
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 29, 1974
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00680827
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wilbur-Ellis CO
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 3650
Salinas, CA 93912-3650
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 N7060J, 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 Wilbur-Ellis CO, a corporation, certificate issued June 24, 2010, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 29, 1974, 4 years after the 1970 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 25017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7060J 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 N7060J: Accident on October 18, 2019 at King City, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 13, 2003 at Greenfield, 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 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing and the main rotor blades striking the tailboom.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA20CA034 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 clearance with the wires due to an inadequate visual lookout.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03CA285 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