Sikorsky S61V-1
N45917 is a Sikorsky S61V-1, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1965. It has 28 seats. It is registered to Siller Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Chamblee, Georgia. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued April 16, 2025). It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for forest; other, dated March 3, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S61V-1 · all S61V-1s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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
- 61271
- 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
- 1965
- Transponder code
- A59626 (octal 51313046)
Registration
- Status
- First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 16, 2025
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 26, 2011
- 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 · Forest; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 40 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 3, 2014
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00633014
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Siller Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2025 Flightway Dr
Chamblee, GA 30341-3349
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N45917 links to the rest of the register
- Sikorsky S-61 54 registered
- Sikorsky 827 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric CT58-140-1 20 aircraft with this engine series · 1400 hp
- Siller Helicopters LLC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Chamblee, GA 63 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,807 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Sikorsky S-61 61 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Sikorsky S-61 325 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Sikorsky S-61 134 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CT58-140-1 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CT58-140-1 127 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N45917, 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.
Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 3, 2014, 49 years after the 1965 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 61271 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N45917 according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N45917. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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