Powered parachute

N2863B

2002 Heldeberg Designs Blue Heron Marathon

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2002
Serial
HD 02074 M
Class
Powered parachute
Engines
Rotax 582ULDCDI-99
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Lowell, MA
Registration record

N2863B on the FAA register

Type
2002 Heldeberg Designs Blue Heron Marathon
Serial
HD 02074 M
Engines
Rotax 582ULDCDI-99
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Lowell, MA
Certificate issued
2020-08-14
Airworthiness date
2007-11-30
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A2E708
Mode S (octal)
50563410
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-08-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N2863B to the current registrant.
  • 2007-11-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2002
    Manufactured (2002).
  • 1996-02-09
    N2863B previously assigned to a Bell 47J (s/n 1432); cancelled.
Overview

About N2863B

N2863B is a 2002 Heldeberg Designs Blue Heron Marathon, serial number HD 02074 M. It is registered to an individual in Lowell, Massachusetts. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 14, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a powered parachute, one Rotax 582ULDCDI-99 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated November 30, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N2863B. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-08-08 Accident · Redwood Fall,Minn, 23 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3478
Reported aircraft: Bell 47J — a different aircraft that carried the N2863B registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.