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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:H-19D Chickasaw
    Last Military Serial:138522 USN
    Construction Number:55-0607
    Last Civil Registration:N1255T
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky H-19D sn 138522 USN cn 55-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sierra Aeronautics Llc, Franklin, KY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-19D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 138522.

    19 March 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1255T (S55B, 55607) issued.

    27 July 1988

    To Westec Air Inc, Mesa, AR with new c/r N1255T.

    October 2005


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Sikorsky S-55 N1255T outside Marsh Aviation at Mesa - Falcon Field

    6 November 2008

    To David C. Smith, Brewster, WA keeping c/r N1255T.

    Based at Golden Wings Aviation/Dave Smith, Brewster, WA.
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    By 24 July 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N1255T.

    24 July 2009

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Chelan, WA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The pilot was using rotor wash to dry cherries at low altitude when the helicopter lost hydraulic pressure. After clearing a stand of trees, the pilot made an emergency run-on landing into a vacant field. During the landing, one of the landing skids hit a large hole and the main rotor severed the tail boom...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1255T (S55B, 55607) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2019

    To John E. Boyles, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N1255T.

    Based at Air Response/Billy Packard, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    21 September 2021

    To Sierra Aeronautics Llc, Franklin, KY keeping c/r N1255T.
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