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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N476AW

Sikorsky S-61N

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N476AW is a Sikorsky S-61N, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1971. It has 28 seats. It is registered to Construction Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Howell, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 2, 2026.

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Construction Helicopters, LLC, so it can be flown for hire.

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Aircraft

Maker
Sikorsky
Model
S-61N · all S-61Ns 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
61476
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 CT58-140-2 · 1400 hp
Seats
28
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A5D779 (octal 51353571)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 30, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 30, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 2, 2026
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01077843

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Construction 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
3679 Bowen Rd
Howell, MI 48855-7755
Charter N476AW with Construction Helicopters, LLC:

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2009-03-24Rockwell OV-10D · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N476AW links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N476AW, 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 Construction Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 30, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 2, 2026, 55 years after the 1971 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 61476 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N476AW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Rockwell OV-10D (serial 155501, cancelled March 24, 2009). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N476AW. 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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data