Turbine helicopter

N62774

1997 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1997
Serial
53206
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bell Textron Inc (Corporation)
Based
Fort Worth, TX
1997 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters
Representative photo of a Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters. Not a photo of N62774.
Registration record

N62774 on the FAA register

Type
1997 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters
Serial
53206
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
Registered owner
Bell Textron Inc
Fort Worth, TX
Certificate issued
2010-03-25
Airworthiness date
2026-05-11
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A833A8
Mode S (octal)
52031650
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-05-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 2010-03-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N62774 to the current registrant.
  • 1997
    Manufactured (1997).
  • 1995-03-07
    N62774 previously assigned to a Piper Turbo Aztec F / Turbo Aztec E / Aztec B (s/n 277754013); cancelled.
Overview

About N62774

N62774 is a 1997 Bell 407 GX Turbine Helicopters, serial number 53206. The FAA register lists Bell Textron Inc as the registrant in Fort Worth, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 25, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C47B engine and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated May 11, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N62774. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-04-17 Accident · Hamburg, PA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC92FA079
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 — a different aircraft that carried the N62774 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISION, HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER IFR PROCEDURES, AND AN IMPROPERLY PLANNED APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH RISING TERRAIN DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION.

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.