# N541SB: Silver Bay Logging CH-54A, registration cancelled 1997-03-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 24, 1997
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Silver Bay Logging CH-54A](https://openairdocs.org/model/silver-bay-logging-ch-54a) (registry code 8160000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H17NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H17NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 6818433
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: March 22, 1994
- Last registry action: August 14, 1996
- Mode S code: A6DD35
- Owner when cancelled: [Silver Bay Logging](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SILVER%20BAY%20LOGGING)
- Location: [Juneau, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Juneau)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 58.4878° N, 135.4845° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99850, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541SB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=541SB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N541SB-1997-03-24

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Silver Bay Logging CH-54A: https://openairdocs.org/model/silver-bay-logging-ch-54a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 (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,…

## Other aircraft with 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)

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