# N83701: 1967 Bell 47G-3B-1, registration cancelled 2017-02-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 28, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bell 47G-3B-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (registry code 1181028)
- Engine: [Lycoming VO-435 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (registry code 41525)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2H3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2H3), [TCDS E-279](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-279) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 67-17128
- Year built: 1967
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 7, 1989
- Certificate issued: March 18, 2002
- Last registry action: April 19, 2005
- Mode S code: AB74CD
- Owner when cancelled: [Barclay Mark](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BARCLAY%20MARK)
- Location: Poole Dorset, United Kingdom
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83701
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=83701
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83701-2017-02-28

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 47G-3B-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 CHI00LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA204), Jul 16, 2000: Bell 47G-3B-1 (N83701), Holstein, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the settling with power encountered by the pilot. A factor was the sudden windshift.
- [NTSB FTW97LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA264), Jul 13, 1997: Bell 47G-3B-1 (N83701), Crossett, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of maintenance personnel to perform an adequate inspection of the fuselage center frame and detect a fatigue fracture of a longeron tube on the upper left side of the center frame, which…

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 20000716009729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000716009729A), Jul 16, 2000: Bell 47G3B1 (N83701), Holstein, NE, No damage. (-23) Pilot was spraying with Bell-47 heli. Rapidly moving cold front produced "abnormal winds" as reported by witness. Witness observed heli pitch in a nose…
- [Accident 19970713018249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713018249A), Jul 13, 1997: Bell 47G3B1 (N83701), Crossett, AR, Minor damage. Helicopter involved in aerial application, lost tail rotor power and auto rotated to the ground. (-23) on July 13, 1997, at 0600 CDT, a Bell 47G-3B-1…
- [Incident 19870226011849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870226011849I), Feb 26, 1987: Bell 47G3B1 (N83701), Cut Bank, MT, Minor damage. Auto rotation landing after vibrations. Found dynamic balancer had separated main rotor head.

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