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N8542D

Bell 47G-2A-1

Valid Minnesota

N8542D is a Bell 47G-2A-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1966. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Scotts Helicopter Services INC, a corporation in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 10, 1994 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated April 16, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47G-2A-1
Serial number
3546
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
ABB8D6 (octal 52734326)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 10, 1994
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · April 16, 1981
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00382701

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Scotts Helicopter Services INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 92
Le Sueur, MN 56058

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

1971-10-07Piper PA-22-160 · exported to Zambia · Valid registration

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