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N8135J

Bell 47G-5A

N8135J is a Bell 47G-5A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1972. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Wilbur-Ellis CO, a corporation in Salinas, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2010 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 22, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-5A
Serial number
25060
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
AB1791 (octal 52613621)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 24, 2010
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 22, 1972
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00960232

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wilbur-Ellis CO
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 3650
Salinas, CA 93912-3650

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