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N161Z

Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA

Valid Idaho

N161Z is a Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1997. It has 39 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2014 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 23, 2016.

Aircraft

Maker
Short Bros
Model
SD3-60 SHERPA
Serial number
SH3412
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turboprop, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-65AR · 1424 hp
Seats
39
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A0F7A4 (octal 50173644)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 16, 2014
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · April 23, 2016
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00165641

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service
Type
Government
Address
3833 S Development Ave
Boise, ID 83705-5354
Co-owners
Fire & Aviation

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.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data