Registration / Serial: | 54-1416 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D) |
C/n (msn): | 55820 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Army |
City / Airport: | Mesa - Falcon Field (MSC / FFZ)Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona Museum |
Photo Date: | 24 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 698393Submit Correction |
View count: | 201 |
Constructed as a H-19D-2-SI by Sikorsky at Stratford, CT and delivered to the US Army in December 1954. Registered as N6735 in 1978. Involved in serious accident in June 1991 at McClusky, ND during spaying operations along a canal when power was lost and hard landing led to tail boom being severed by rotors. To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX in 2000 and on to Commemorative Air Force in 2010
Registration / Serial: | 54-1416 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D) |
C/n (msn): | 55820 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Army |
City / Airport: | Mesa - Falcon Field (MSC / FFZ)Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 24 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 54-1416 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D) |
C/n (msn): | 55820 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Army |
City / Airport: | Mesa - Falcon Field (MSC / FFZ)Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona Museum |
Photo Date: | 24 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 698393Submit Correction |
View count: | 201 |
Constructed as a H-19D-2-SI by Sikorsky at Stratford, CT and delivered to the US Army in December 1954. Registered as N6735 in 1978. Involved in serious accident in June 1991 at McClusky, ND during spaying operations along a canal when power was lost and hard landing led to tail boom being severed by rotors. To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX in 2000 and on to Commemorative Air Force in 2010
Registration / Serial: | 54-1416 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D) |
C/n (msn): | 55820 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Army |
City / Airport: | Mesa - Falcon Field (MSC / FFZ)Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 24 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |