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Bell 47G-4
N73279 is a Bell 47G-4, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Mc Helicopter LLC, an LLC in Summerfield, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated January 24, 1964.
Where is it now Last seen October 13 at 6:30 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-4 · all 47G-4s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open welded steel-tube frame with a plexiglass bubble. This is how the Bell 47 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 3134
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A9D5E8 (octal 52352750)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 6, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- December 19, 2024
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 24, 1964
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00311827
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mc Helicopter LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 16975 SE 45Th Ct
Summerfield, FL 34491-6123
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.
Connections how N73279 links to the rest of the register
- Bell 47 478 registered
- Bell 3,079 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-540 series 110 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
- Type certificate 2H3 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Mc Helicopter LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Summerfield, FL 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,698 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 47 121 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 47 145 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 47 222 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-540 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-540 series 1 reports since 1995
- Where N73279 is now · Last seen October 13 at 6:30 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N73279.json.
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The public federal record on N73279, 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 Mc Helicopter LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 6, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3134 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N73279 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 N73279: Accident on September 21, 1992 at Volcano, HI: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 30, 1991 at Thompson Pass, AK: 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 47-G4A · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE COLLECTIVE CONTROL AFTER INADVERTENTLY ENTERING A POWER SETTLING CONDITION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47 · operated under 135
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND IMPROPER FLARE DURING LANDING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data