Restricted · Agriculture and Pest Control, Forest, Other
Airworthiness date
May 23, 1995
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Sikorsky
Model
CH-54A
Year
1968
Serial number
68-18449
Aircraft type
Rotorcraft
Category
Land
Certification
Not Type Certificated
Seats
20
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A863CE
Engine
Make and model
Ama/Expr Unknown Eng
Type
Turbo-shaft
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
1995 – 2015Co-ownersKetchikan, AK
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · destroyed
Jul 18, 1998 · Yucca Valley, CA
An in-flight main rotor blade spar separation as a result of the pilot-in-command's decision to continue to fly the aircraft after it had failed an AD directed BIM check. Factors were the failure of the operator's chief pilot to maintain proper supervision over the operation of a company aircraft with a known grounding deficiency and the improper repair to the main rotor blade by unknown…
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