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N94475

Sikorsky CH-19E

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKentucky

N94475 is a Sikorsky CH-19E, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1952. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Sierra Aeronautics LLC, an LLC in Franklin, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 7, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest; other, dated May 2, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Sikorsky
Model
CH-19E
Serial number
130141
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Wright C7BA SERIES · 800 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
12
Year built
1952
Cruising speed
71 mph
Transponder code
AD1F6F (octal 53217557)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 7, 2021
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 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 · Agriculture and pest control; Forest; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 140 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 2, 1974
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00970091

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sierra Aeronautics 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
40 Sulphur Spring Church Rd
Franklin, KY 42134-8569

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N94475 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Franklin, KY 34 aircraft registered in this town
  • Kentucky 2,981 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N94475, 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 Sierra Aeronautics LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 7, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 2, 1974, 22 years after the 1952 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 130141 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N94475 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N94475: Accident on May 30, 2002 at Plains, MT: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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

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NTSB records 1

SEA02FA091Accident on May 30, 2002 at Plains, MT: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky CH-19E · operated under 133

Power loss for undetermined reasons.

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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 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data