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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:HRS-2 Chickasaw
    Last Military Serial:129028 USN
    Construction Number:55-0116
    Last Civil Registration:N4721
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HRS-2 sn 129028 USN cn 55-...
    Latest Owner or Location:British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria Airport (formerly Patricia Bay Airport), Victoria, British Columbia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HRS-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 129028.

    17 April 1984

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4721 (CH-19E, 129028) issued.

    21 May 1984

    To Ag-Rotor Inc, Dalzell, SO with new c/r N4721.

    20 June 1984

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Iva, SC, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The helicopter was being operated from sloping terrain. After returning from a spray mission, the pilot remained inside the helicopter with the engine rotor at ground idle while the ground crew refilled the spray tank. After completing the loading operation, the pilot began applying power to increase the rotor RPM for takeoff. A severe ground-resonance type of vibration developed...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    5 February 1997

    To unknown owner with c/r N4721.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Victoria.

    To British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria Airport (formerly Patricia Bay Airport), Victoria, BC.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 961
    Painted in RCAF markings.

    26 February 2011


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: On display outside the British Columbia Aviation Museum in fictitious markings. Ex-BuNo 129028 and N4721

    19 August 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N4721.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Victoria.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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