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N2838B

Bell 47J

Valid Indiana

N2838B is a Bell 47J, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1957. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting INC, a corporation in Warsaw, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising; aerial surveying; patrolling; forest; other, dated February 24, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47J
Serial number
1424
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A2DC92 (octal 50556222)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 28, 2023
Expires
December 31, 2030
Last FAA action
December 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Aerial advertising; Aerial surveying; Patrolling; Forest; Other · February 24, 1958
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00010403

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting INC
Type
Corporation
Address
722 E Center St
Warsaw, IN 46580-3322

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