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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-64 / H-54 Skycrane
    Latest Model:S-64F Skycrane
    Last Military Serial:70-18490 US
    Construction Number:64-098
    Last Civil Registration:I-SEAD
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-64F sn 70-18490 US cn 64...
    Latest Owner or Location:European Air Crane SpA

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    Dates

    Event

    1971

    Constructed as a CH-54B.

    December 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 70-18490.

    From 18 March 1972 to 15 January 1974

    Transferred to NASA Langley Research Center, Langley AFB, VA.

    By June 1972

    Transferred to 292nd Aviation Company (ARNG), Birmingham, AL.

    3 June 1972


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This CH-54B Tarhe was in service with Alabama Army National Guard and displayed with mission pod 68-18580 at Transpo 72 at Dulles Airport.

    October 1973


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Ft. Bragg, NC. Photographed with Instamatic X15 camera, 126 film.

    October 1973


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    After 15 January 1974

    Transferred to U. S. Army, Fort Eustis, VA.

    By September 1983

    Transferred to 208th Aviation Company (ARNG), Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.

    April 1993

    To National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL with new c/r N70280.

    November 1994

    To Erickson Air Crane Co, Central Point, OR keeping c/r N70280.

    22 December 1994

    To Erickson Air Crane Co, Central Point, OR with new c/r N198AC.
    Operated with markings: Shirley Jean

    Converted to a S-64F.

    13 February 2001

    To Erickson Air-Crane Inc, Central Point, OR keeping c/r N198AC.

    10 May 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N198AC (S64F, 64098) issued.

    24 May 2006

    Civil registration, N198AC, cancelled.
    Exported to Italy.

    Circa June 2006

    To European Air Crane SpA with new c/r I-SEAD.

    26 April 2007

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at La Spezia, Italy. The airframe was destroyed.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     CH 54 Skycrane Association
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Flicker
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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