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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N8428E

Bell 47G-2

N8428E is a Bell 47G-2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Woodcrest, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2007 and expires on July 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-2
Serial number
2476
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
AB8ABC (octal 52705274)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 16, 2007
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00193061

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wheatley Lester Edward JR
Type
Individual
Address
16850 Rabbit Scramble Trl
Woodcrest, CA 92504

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