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Bell 47G-2
N993B is a Bell 47G-2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Senoia, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 4, 2016.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- 47G-2 · all 47G-2s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA 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
- 1448
- 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 VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- ADDDE1 (octal 53356741)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 27, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 27, 2026
- 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 controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 4, 2016
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00883430
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sorenson Mark A
- 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
- 8455 Highway 16
Senoia, GA 30276-3140
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N993B links to the rest of the register
- Bell 47 478 registered
- Bell 3,082 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Senoia, GA 74 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,790 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Bell 47 46 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Bell 47 145 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Bell 47 194 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N993B, 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 Sorenson Mark A, an individual, certificate issued May 27, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1448 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N993B 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]
1 NTSB record under N993B: Accident on May 10, 2006 at Rosenberg, TX: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 47G-2 · operated under 137
The pilots encounter with loss of tail rotor effectiveness during an aerial application flight. A contributing factor was the gusty winds.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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