Bell 47G-3B-2
N8161K is a Bell 47G-3B-2, a rotorcraft with turboprop engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1969. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pendleton, Oregon. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported". It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated February 24, 1992.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-3B-2 · all 47G-3B-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 6743
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboprop, 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AB222B (octal 52621053)
Registration
- Status
- Sale reported
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- June 22, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · February 24, 1992
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00934762
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sale Reported
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 1592
Pendleton, OR 97801-0470
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 3
Records check free · 4 to understand · 1 clear
The public federal record on N8161K, 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.
Registration status is "Sale reported". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 24, 1992, 23 years after the 1969 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 6743 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8161K was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-220T (serial 348233109, cancelled April 15, 1988); Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164D (serial 7D, cancelled December 14, 1979); Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-1-1161, cancelled February 3, 1948). 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]
1 NTSB record under N8161K: Accident on November 12, 1986 at Detroit, MI: 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: Piper PA-34-220T · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI87LA025 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