Bell 47D1
N8117 is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1967. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dickinson, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 30, 1990.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1 · all 47D1s and related versions
- Serial number
- K732
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AB1060 (octal 52610140)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 20, 2011
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · May 30, 1990
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00070322
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Henry Mark A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 12900 Fm 3436 Rd
Dickinson, TX 77539-2565
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 N8117, 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 Henry Mark A, an individual, certificate issued October 20, 2011, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 30, 1990, 23 years after the 1967 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 K732 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8117 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Travel Air 4000 (serial 889, cancelled April 4, 1930). 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]
2 NTSB records under N8117: Accident on June 5, 1991 at Peach Orchard, AR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 12, 1990 at Fair Oaks, AR: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D-1 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE MAIN ROTOR RPM RESULTING IN DETERIORATED HELICOPTER PERFORMANCE. A FACTOR WAS THE TAILWIND CONDITION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW91LA091 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D-1 · operated under 137
TAIL ROTOR CABLE DISENGAGEMENT DUE TO INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC90LA144 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