Bell 47G-3B-1
N73998 is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1964. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Heli-Works Flight Services LLC, an LLC in Deer Lodge, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 23, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-1 · all 47G-3B-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2902
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1964
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A9F02E (octal 52370056)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 23, 2015
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00412367
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Heli-Works Flight Services LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1620 W Peterson Ave
Deer Lodge, MT 59722-2002
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 N73998, 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 Heli-Works Flight Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 23, 2015, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2902 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N73998 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 N73998: Accident on June 10, 1994 at Medina, MN: substantial damage. Accident on August 9, 1991 at Maple Grove, MN: 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 47G3B1 · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI94T#A04 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-3B-1 · operated under 137
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER DURING THE FORCED LANDING. RELATED FACTORS ARE THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, LOSS OF ROTOR RPM, THE ERODED COMPRESSOR BLADES, THE PILOT'S OPERATION WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AND INADEQUATE AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT, AND THE BLOCKED SPRAY EQUIPMENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI91DER13 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