Bell 47D1
N78900 is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1952. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Master Designs LLC, an LLC in Gilbert, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2016 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated October 7, 1961.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1 · all 47D1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 480
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6V4 SERIES · 210 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AAB466 (octal 52532146)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 2016
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · October 7, 1961
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00275040
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Master Designs LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7 S Golden Key Dr
Gilbert, AZ 85233-5811
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 N78900, 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 Master Designs LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 2, 2016, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 7, 1961, 9 years after the 1952 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 480 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N78900 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 N78900: Accident on June 28, 2013 at Lake Ozark, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 12, 1995 at Shafter, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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 47D1 · operated under 091
The improper rebuild and maintenance of the helicopter and inadequate subsequent inspections, which resulted in undetected fuel contamination and a subsequent total loss of engine power during cruise flight.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA396 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D1 · operated under 091
the pilot misjudged the altitude and ground clearance while performing an unwarranted low altitude flight maneuver.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX96FA045 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