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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:CH-3B Sea King
    Last Military Serial:62-12571 USAF
    Construction Number:61-083
    Last Civil Registration:N1043T
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-3B sn 62-12571 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Croman Corp, White City, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-3B.

    Circa 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-12571.

    15 October 1981

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR with new c/r N1043T.

    Based at Croman Corp, White City, OR.
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    8 April 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1043T (S-61A, 61083) issued.

    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1043T (S-61A, 61083) issued.

    25 April 2009


    Photographer: Doug Duncan
    Notes: Temporarily stationed at Casparis Airport in Alpine, Texas, during the 2009 fire season.

    By 19 August 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N1043T.

    19 August 2015

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Ironside, OR, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. On August 19, 2015, about 1930 Pacific daylight time, a Sikorsky S-61A, N1043T, landed on a mountainside after experiencing a partial loss of engine power about 7 miles west of Ironside, Oregon. The commercial pilot sustained no injuries and the air transport pilot sustained minor injuries. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the tailboom...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    National Transportation Safety Board
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