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N157B

Bell 47D1

N157B is a Bell 47D1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bakersfield, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 25, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 22, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47D1
Serial number
11
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6V4 SERIES · 210 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A0E449 (octal 50162111)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 25, 2011
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 22, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00731860

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lewis Gerald K
Type
Individual
Address
5621 Gatlin St
Bakersfield, CA 93308-3901

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.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data