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    Airframe Family: Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux
    Latest Model:47D
    Construction Number:0039
    Last Civil Registration:N39KH
    Compressed ID:Bell 47D cn 0039 cr N39KH
    Latest Owner or Location:Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, San Francisco, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 47D.

    16 March 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N39KH (47D, 39) issued.

    12 June 1979

    To unknown owner with c/r N13135 (H-13, 39).

    24 May 1990

    To Harv Air Inc, Zephyr Cove, NV with new c/r N39KH.

    By 4 August 2000

    To unknown owner with c/r N39KH.

    4 August 2000

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK) Stockton, CA, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. The commercial pilot performed an autorotative landing to an open field following a loss of engine power while in cruise flight. The skids contacted a berm on touchdown and the helicopter began rocking. As the helicopter pitched fore and aft, the main rotor blades and tail rotor blades contacted the ground...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    17 July 2002

    To HMG Llc, Lodi, CA keeping c/r N39KH.

    28 November 2010


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Preserved at the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA

    23 November 2011

    To unknown owner.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Xxx, OK.

    12 January 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N39KH.
    Last CR action date noted here. Sale reported to a new owner in San Carlos, CA.

    Based at Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, San Francisco, CA.
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    27 November 2012

    Civil registration, N39KH, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Carlos, CA.

    19 March 2013

    Civil registration, N13135, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    28 March 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hiller Aviation Museum.

    28 March 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hiller Aviation Museum.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N39KH (47D, 39) issued.

    27 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at San Carlos, California, USA
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