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A Sikorsky S-61, the same model family as N1048Y
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N1048Y

Sikorsky S-61A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N1048Y is a Sikorsky S-61A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1961. It has 28 seats. It is registered to Croman CORP, a corporation in White City, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 1987 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other; aerial surveying, dated November 19, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Sikorsky
Model
S-61A · all S-61As and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Sikorsky S-61 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
61161
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Ge CT58-140-1 · 1400 hp
Fuel
Electricity
Seats
28
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
129 mph
Transponder code
A01717 (octal 50013427)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 5, 1987
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Other; Aerial surveyingFAA certificate purpose code 02 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 19, 1981
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00610260

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Croman CORP
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
801 Ave C
White City, OR 97503

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N1048Y links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • White City, OR 61 aircraft registered in this town
  • Oregon 7,008 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N1048Y, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Croman CORP, a corporation, certificate issued February 5, 1987, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 19, 1981, 20 years after the 1961 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 61161 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1048Y according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N1048Y. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data