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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:HUS-1 Seahorse
    Last Military Serial:145731 USMC
    Construction Number:58-0730
    Last Civil Registration:N94495
    Latest Owner or Location:Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HUS-1.
    Sikorsky S-58H 58730

    3 December 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 145731.

    31 December 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 7L-731.

    To Pacific Crown Aviation with new c/r N94495.

    November 1982

    To Donald D Hunt keeping c/r N94495.

    To Southwind Helicopter keeping c/r N94495.

    August 1984

    To Wilsons Hatchery (and) Poultry Farms keeping c/r N94495.

    11 January 1989

    To Alaska Skycranes Inc, Juneau, AK keeping c/r N94495.

    21 May 1990

    Crashed.
    There was one serious injury. The accident occurred at airport NONE near Juneau, AK, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. The pilot experienced loss of tail rotor control while at a high hover with an external load of logs. The aircraft began spinning to the right and impacted the ground while in a spin. Examination of the wreckage revealed a fracture of the #3 segment of the tail rotor drive shaft assy.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    12 April 1995

    Civil registration, N94495, cancelled.

    Based at Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.
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    22 February 2009


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: at Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.

    28 July 2011


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Remains of N94495 at Wetaskiwin, AB, Canada

    To Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.
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