{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1976-01-19","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-10-10","city":"HUDSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":78,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41525","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"VO-435 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Bell","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BELL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1181032","mode_s_code":"52615231","mode_s_hex":"AB1A99","model":"47G-5","n_number":"N8140J","name":"GREEN RICK A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Jesup","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-07-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI07CA212","probable_cause":"The pilot's inability to maintain control of the helicopter when it unexpectedly encountered a whirlwind shortly after takeoff.","registration":"N8140J","state":"IA","summary":"Accident on July 10, 2007 at Jesup, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HUDSON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-07-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI90LA205","probable_cause":"IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN PERFORMED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.","registration":"N8140J","state":"IA","summary":"Accident on July 30, 1990 at Hudson, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8140J is a Bell 47G-5, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1970. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hudson, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 10, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated January 19, 1976.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Green Rick A, an individual, certificate issued October 10, 2008, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 19, 1976, 6 years after the 1970 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 25008 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8140J 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 N8140J: Accident on July 10, 2007 at Jesup, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 30, 1990 at Hudson, IA: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":3,"serial_number":"25008","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2838 W TAMA RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00830172","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8140J","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1970,"zip":"506432152"}