Bell 47G-5
N8103J is a Bell 47G-5, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Triple F Flying INC, a corporation in Benton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2004 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 23, 1970.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-5 · all 47G-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- 25001
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AB0C26 (octal 52606046)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 2004
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · April 23, 1970
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00910372
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Triple F Flying INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 912 Austin Trl
Benton, PA 17814-8257
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N8103J, 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 Triple F Flying INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 29, 2004, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 23, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8103J 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 N8103J: Accident on December 14, 1998 at Essex Junction, VT: serious 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-G5 · operated under 091
the pilot's improper entry into the autorotation, which resulted in the loss of power and a low rotor rpm condition. Also causal was the pilot's improper execution of the autorotation which resulted in the hard landing. Factors in the accident were the performance of the autorotation at dusk over rough terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD99LA024 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