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N5172B

Bell 47G-2

Valid Michigan

N5172B is a Bell 47G-2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1957. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wayne, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 11, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 17, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-2
Serial number
2008
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A67E10 (octal 51477020)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 11, 2011
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 17, 1957
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00773161

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
James David R
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1007
Wayne, MI 48184-4007

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2006-12-27Cessna 152 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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