Bell 47D1
N908B is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1952. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Berwick, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated June 17, 1965.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47D1 · all 47D1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 479
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6V4 SERIES · 210 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AC8CFD (octal 53106375)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 6, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 6, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · June 17, 1965
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00181181
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Plevyak Malcolm S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1446 Salem Blvd
Berwick, PA 18603-6917
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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 N908B, 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 Plevyak Malcolm S, an individual, certificate issued June 6, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 17, 1965, 13 years after the 1952 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 479 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N908B 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]
4 NTSB records under N908B: Accident on August 11, 1997 at Holcomb, MS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 13, 1994 at Hazel Green, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 12, 1989 at Shelbyville, TN: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-D1 · operated under 137
The failure of the pilot to adequately see and avoid all obstructions while doing aerial application work.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL97LA121 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D1 WASP · operated under 137
UNDETERMINED.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL94LA172 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47 · operated under 137
FAILURE IN THE ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO PERFORM AN AUTOROTATION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL89DLT03 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47D1 · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL87LA204 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