Bell 47G-3B-1
N73909 is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1962. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Dsm INC, a corporation in White City, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 2, 2001 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 8, 1982.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2797
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1962
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A9EEF4 (octal 52367364)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 2, 2001
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · April 8, 1982
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00932337
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dsm INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 660 Avenue C
White City, OR 97503-1030
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.
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The public federal record on N73909, 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 Dsm INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 2, 2001, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 8, 1982, 20 years after the 1962 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 2797 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N73909 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 N73909: Accident on June 23, 2004 at Medford, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 24, 1994 at Gold Hill, OR: serious injuries, destroyed. 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 137
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while maneuvering. Trees were a factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 137
SEPARATION OF THE CROSSOVER FUEL LINE, AND THE INABILITY OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO MAINTAIN A PROPER RATE OF DESCENT DURING THE AUTOROTATION.
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
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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