Bell 47G3B2A
N7965J is a Bell 47G3B2A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1973. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Dsm INC, a corporation in White City, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 15, 1999 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial advertising, dated July 25, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G3B2A · all 47G3B2As and related versions
- Serial number
- 6859
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- AAD15F (octal 52550537)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 15, 1999
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Aerial advertising · July 25, 1978
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00145220
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 N7965J, 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 March 15, 1999, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 25, 1978, 5 years after the 1973 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 6859 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7965J 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 N7965J: Accident on May 3, 1998 at Stanwood, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 5, 1984 at West Glacier, MT: 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 47G3B2A · operated under 091
The failure of the number two connecting rod, which led to additional internal engine damage and a complete loss of power. Factors include soft terrain in the area where the pilot found it necessary to execute his forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA98LA069 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN84LA260 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