# N541SB: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: March 8, 2011
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=541SB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541SB

## Aircraft that carried N541SB

- [Cancelled 2011-03-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N541SB-2011-03-08): American Champion 7ECA, S/N 1403-2009, built 2009. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Owens Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OWENS%20AVIATION%20INC), [Durant, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Durant)
- [Cancelled 1997-03-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N541SB-1997-03-24): Silver Bay Logging CH-54A, S/N 6818433. Owner: [Silver Bay Logging](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SILVER%20BAY%20LOGGING), [Juneau, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Juneau)

## NTSB investigations on N541SB (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC96FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96FA098), Jul 13, 1996: Sikorsky CH-54A (N541SB), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the number 5 tailrotor bearing. A factor relating to the accident was: the uneven/steep sloping terrain, where the pilot was forced to land. Possible factors were: inadequate…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N541SB (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19960713016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960713016949A), Jul 13, 1996: Skrsky CH54A (N541SB), Ketchikan, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On logging expedition when rotor blade strcuk trees. (.4)the pilot & copilot were on an external load, aero logging operation in a military surplus helicopter,…

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