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N8478D

Bell 47G-2

Valid Texas

N8478D 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 Friendswood, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2013 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 18, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-2
Serial number
1697
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
AB9D4E (octal 52716516)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 20, 2013
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 18, 1980
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00432891

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wood Denton A
Type
Individual
Address
2206 Butler Dr
Friendswood, TX 77546-5516

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

1963-09-17Piper PA-18A 150 · exported to Mexico · Valid registration

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