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N73966

Bell 47G-2A-1

Valid Oklahoma

N73966 is a Bell 47G-2A-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Calera, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated May 14, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-2A-1
Serial number
2871
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-540 SERIES · 310 hp
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A9EFC3 (octal 52367703)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 27, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 27, 2023
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · May 14, 1973
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00572427

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Forbis Michael J
Type
Individual
Address
1618 Treaty Rd
Calera, OK 74730-4522

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