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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1E Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:154956 USMC
    Construction Number:6178
    Last Civil Registration:N5088J
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1E sn 154956 USMC cn 6178 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:LZ Bar and Grill, Yuma, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1E.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 154956.

    19 May 1988

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5088J (UH-1L, 154956) issued.

    15 September 1994

    To Garlick Helicopters Inc, Hamilton, MT with new c/r N5088J.

    31 October 1994

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Willits, CA, United States while climbing. The damage was substantial. The pilot was conducting a series of sling load logging operations. The pilot departed the logging area after setting down the last log. During the climb-out, the tail rotor assembly struck a tree and separated from its attach bracket. The pilot executed an autorotation. The helicopter sustained a hard landing at the completion of the autorotation...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 February 2011


    Photographer: Chris Wood

    15 February 2011


    Photographer: Chris Wood

    From Unknown to By October 2015

    To LZ Bar and Grill, Yuma, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 73

    15 July 2013

    Civil registration, N5088J, cancelled.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX5088J (UH-1L, 154956) issued.
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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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