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Bell 47G-2A
N7578 is a Bell 47G-2A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1961. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Scotts Helicopters Service INC, a corporation in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2010 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated July 14, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-2A · all 47G-2As 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
- 2674
- 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-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AA377A (octal 52433572)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 26, 2010
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- 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 · July 14, 2009
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00852947
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scotts Helicopters Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 92
Le Sueur, MN 56058-0092
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N7578 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-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate 2H3 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
- Scotts Helicopters Service INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Le Sueur, MN 83 aircraft registered in this town
- LE Sueur Municipal · 12Y
- Minnesota 6,940 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 47 46 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 47 145 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 47 194 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N7578, 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 Scotts Helicopters Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 26, 2010, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 2009, 48 years after the 1961 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 2674 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7578 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]
1 NTSB record under N7578: Accident on July 27, 2011 at Nicolett, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-2A · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter while maneuvering during an aerial application flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data