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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-64 / H-54 Skycrane
    Latest Model:CH-54A Tarhe
    Last Military Serial:68-18457 US
    Last Civil Registration:N189AC
    Latest Owner or Location:Erickson Inc, Medford, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-54A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-18457.

    14 February 2001

    To Erickson Air-Crane Inc, Central Point, OR with c/r N189AC.

    10 May 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N189AC (S64E, 641001) issued.

    To Erickson Air-Crane, Central Point, OR.
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    1 June 2002


    Photographer: Walter Wesch
    Notes: At Tucson, AZ

    1 October 2006

    Crashed.
    There were two minor injuries. The accident occurred at Ojai, CA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The helicopter snorkel snagged on a dip tank and the pilot-in-command (PIC) lost control of the helicopter during a retardant dropping mission. The tank and the snorkel screen fitting both contained 90-DEGREE edges, which allowed them to catch on one another, once they came into contact...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    25 June 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N189AC (S64E, 641001) issued.

    5 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N189AC (S64E, 641001) issued.

    28 November 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for N189AC (S64E, 641001) issued.

    10 June 2014

    To Erickson Inc, Central Point, OR.

    29 June 2015


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2015 photo at Victoria BC

    29 March 2018

    To Erickson Inc, Medford, OR.


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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood

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