# N64KL: 1968 Sikorsky CH-54A, registration cancelled 2015-05-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 4, 2015
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Sikorsky CH-54A](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-ch-54a) (registry code 8142501)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 68-18449
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control, forest, other
- Airworthiness date: May 23, 1995
- Certificate issued: February 9, 1995
- Last registry action: June 7, 2001
- Mode S code: A863CE
- Owners when cancelled: [Heavy Lift Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HEAVY%20LIFT%20HELICOPTERS), [Sco-Matt Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCO-MATT%20INC), [Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20INC)
- Location: [Ketchikan, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Ketchikan)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 55.7014° N, 131.3298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99901, within about 25 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64KL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=64KL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64KL-2015-05-04

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 Sikorsky CH-54A: https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-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 LAX98FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA236), Jul 18, 1998: Sikorsky CH-54A (N64KL), Yucca Valley, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: 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…

## 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 19980718044219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980718044219A), Jul 18, 1998: Skrsky CH54A (N64KL), Yucca Valley, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (.19)On July 18, 1998, at 1625 hours pacific daylight time, a Sikorsky CH-54A, N54KL, en route to apple valley California, crashed after experiencing a main…

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