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    Airframe Family: Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux
    Latest Model:47G-2A
    Construction Number:2725
    Last Civil Registration:N73260
    Compressed ID:Bell 47G-2A cn 2725 cr N73260
    Latest Owner or Location:Williams Fertilizer Services Llc, Oregon, MO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 47G-2A.

    5 December 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR73260 (47G-2A, 2725) issued.

    15 August 1992

    To Gerald K. Lewis DBA, Bakersfield, CA with new c/r N73260.

    By 18 June 1995

    To Lewis Aviation, Shafter keeping c/r N73260.

    18 June 1995

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Bakersfield, CA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The pilot said he was applying chemicals to a cotton field and misjudged his distance from a 20-FOOT-TALL irrigation standpipe. The main rotor contacted the standpipe and the helicopter crashed into the field.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Based at Shafter Minter Field, Cawelo, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR73260 (47G-2A, 2725) issued.

    24 October 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N73260.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Oregon, MO.

    20 May 2019

    To Williams Fertilizer Services Llc, Oregon, MO keeping c/r N73260.

    3 September 2022

    Civil registration, N73260, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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