{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1981-08-31","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1991-05-08","city":"PANAMA CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":78,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41516","engine_horsepower":175,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-435","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181028","mode_s_code":"50642374","mode_s_hex":"A344FC","model":"47G-3B-1","n_number":"N31FG","name":"COASTAL HELICOPTERS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CENTRE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-10-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL93LA009","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MAIN ROTOR RPM, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.","registration":"N31FG","state":"AL","summary":"Accident on October 9, 1992 at Centre, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"QUITMAN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1985-08-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA85LA224","probable_cause":"","registration":"N31FG","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on August 1, 1985 at Quitman, GA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N31FG is a Bell 47G-3B-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation in Panama City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 1991 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated August 31, 1981.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Coastal Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 8, 1991, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 31, 1981, 13 years after the 1968 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3834 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N31FG according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N31FG: Accident on October 9, 1992 at Centre, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 1, 1985 at Quitman, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":3,"serial_number":"3834","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7424 COASTAL DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00821403","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N31FG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1968,"zip":"324044015"}