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A Bell 47, the same model family as N83111
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N83111

Bell 47G3B2A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska
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N83111 is a Bell 47G3B2A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 18, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest, dated June 6, 1975.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G3B2A · all 47G3B2As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open welded steel-tube frame with a plexiglass bubble. This is how the Bell 47 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
6857
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming TVO-435-GIA · 280 hp
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
75 mph
Transponder code
AB5EA6 (octal 52657246)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 18, 2024
Expires
September 30, 2031
Last FAA action
September 19, 2024
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; ForestFAA certificate purpose code 124 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 6, 1975
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00723411

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tobler Hans P
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
4614 Lake Spenard Dr
Anchorage, AK 99517-2821

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.

Connections how N83111 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming TVO-435-GIA 88 aircraft with this engine series · 280 hp
  • Type certificate 2H3 · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N83111, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Tobler Hans P, an individual, certificate issued September 18, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6857 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N83111 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N83111: Accident on September 18, 1989 at Monitor, WA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

SEA89LA175Accident on September 18, 1989 at Monitor, WA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G3B2 · operated under 137

THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT SEPARATION FROM OBSTACLES ON THE GROUND. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE BRIGHT GLARE FROM THE RISING SUN.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data