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Boeing CH-46

9 on the U.S. register. Built from 1968 to 1970; half of them date from 1969 or earlier. Oregon has the most (5). 100% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Boeing CH-46: Tandem transport helicopter designed by Vertol
Photo: Andrew Schmidt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons · Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight on Wikipedia

About the CH-46 from the FAA's model table

Type
Rotorcraft · Helicopters
Power
Turboshaft, 2 engines
Common engines
Ge T58 Series (4)
Seats
25
Built of
aluminium
Maker on the register
Boeing
Registered
earliest certificate May 16, 2014; newest September 24, 2026

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Oregon5
Wyoming1
Utah1
Illinois1
California1

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Corporation889%
LLC111%

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
CH-46E91968 to 1970100.0%

When they were built by decade · 5 with no year on file

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19603
19701

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20141
20162
20234
20262

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid9100%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
None on file556%
Restricted222%
Experimental222%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Columbia Helicopters INC5Vietnam Helicopters1Sky Aviation CORP1Russell Military Museum1Hd Air LLC1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Columbia Helicopters INC5
Vietnam Helicopters1
Sky Aviation CORP1
Russell Military Museum1
Hd Air LLC1

Fleet pages: Columbia Helicopters INC · Russell Military Museum

Accident history NTSB records · 1 cases since 1982, 0 fatal

2023-08-05WPR23LA306 · CH-46E N461WY · accident near Springerville, AZ · no injuries

The 1 most recent of 1 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Boeing CH-46 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

9 as of October 27, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Boeing CH-46s?

Oregon, with 5.

Who owns the Boeing CH-46?

100% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Boeing CH-46s on the register built?

Between 1968 and 1970; half of them in 1969 or earlier.

How many Boeing CH-46 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

1 accidents and incidents since 1982, 0 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Boeing CH-46 made of?

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

Connections how the CH-46 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engines
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/boeing/ch-46.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N435WT Boeing
CH-46E
Hd Air LLC
Woods Cross, Utah
None on file 2026-09-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N462WY Boeing
CH-46E
Columbia Helicopters INC
Aurora, Oregon
Restricted 2026-04-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N673WN Boeing
CH-46E
Columbia Helicopters INC
Aurora, Oregon
Experimental 2023-06-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N419WL Boeing
CH-46E
Columbia Helicopters INC
Aurora, Oregon
None on file 2023-05-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N679WR Boeing
CH-46E
Columbia Helicopters INC
Aurora, Oregon
None on file 2023-03-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N681WR Boeing
CH-46E
Columbia Helicopters INC
Aurora, Oregon
None on file 2023-03-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N307CX Boeing
CH-46E
Russell Military Museum
Zion, Illinois
None on file 2016-04-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N476VH Boeing
CH-46E
Vietnam Helicopters
Concord, California
Experimental 2016-04-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N461WY Boeing
CH-46E
Sky Aviation CORP
Worland, Wyoming
Restricted 2014-05-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes