Bell 47G
N955B is a Bell 47G, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1954. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Owasso, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 12, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G · all 47Gs and related versions
- Serial number
- 711
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435-A1F · 250 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1954
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- AD4753 (octal 53243523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 28, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · January 12, 2017
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00470151
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lambert Brian J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 7608 N 172Nd East Ave Ste 1
Owasso, OK 74055-8592
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N955B, 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 Lambert Brian J, an individual, certificate issued May 17, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 12, 2017, 63 years after the 1954 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 711 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N955B 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]
2 NTSB records under N955B: Accident on May 11, 1991 at Aguadilla, PR: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on August 23, 1989 at Ponce, PR: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47-G · operated under 091
THE IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO CONDUCT AN OUT-OF-GROUND-EFFECT HOVER WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND. THIS RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO SETTLING WITH POWER AND IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA91LA141 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE AFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA89LA229 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