# N72MU: Bell 47G3B2A, registration cancelled 2013-08-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 22, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Bell 47G3B2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g3b2a) (registry code 1181025)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2H3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2H3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 6867
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control, forest
- Airworthiness date: April 7, 1999
- Last registry action: February 13, 2003
- Mode S code: A9A259
- Location: [Wayland, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Wayland)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 42.6851° N, 85.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 49348, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72MU
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=72MU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72MU-2013-08-22

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bell 47G3B2A: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g3b2a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA102), May 21, 2002: Bell 47G (N72MU), Marion, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout while conducting an aerial application maneuver. A factor was the transmission line.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20020521010459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521010459A), May 21, 2002: Bell 47G3B2A (N72MU), Marion, AL, No damage. (-23) On may 21, 2002, at 1036 CDT, a Bell 47G helicopter, N72MU, registered to aerial application technologies, LLC, operated by darrel j. ward, collided with…

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