Bell 47D1
N755E is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1951. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bristol, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated July 26, 1995.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1 · all 47D1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 312
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6V4 SERIES · 210 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AA2D00 (octal 52426400)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 27, 2020
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · July 26, 1995
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00522777
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lavanture Richard A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 10
Bristol, IN 46507-0010
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N755E, 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 Lavanture Richard A, an individual, certificate issued May 27, 2020, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 26, 1995, 44 years after the 1951 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 312 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N755E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Advance Aircraft Co WACO 10 (serial A115, cancelled November 25, 1929). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N755E: Accident on September 29, 1998 at Oxford, MS: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-D1 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control due to vibration from the main rotor blade for undetermined reasons. A related finding was the improper repair of a crack in the laminant of the blue main rotor blade by other maintenance personnel.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA98LA254 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
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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data