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N985B

Bell 47H-1

N985B is a Bell 47H-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1956. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wilmington, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 2, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell
Model
47H-1
Serial number
1362
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6V4 SERIES · 210 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1956
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
ADBDD0 (octal 53336720)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 22, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 22, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · July 2, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00973660

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcgee Kenneth J
Type
Individual
Address
7208 Airlie Pl
Wilmington, NC 28403-3780

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

1956-01-30Bell 47G-2 · Valid registration

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