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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-64 / H-54 Skycrane
    Latest Model:S-64E Skycrane
    Last Military Serial:68-18432 US
    Construction Number:64-034
    Last Civil Registration:N164AC
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-64E sn 68-18432 US cn 64...
    Latest Owner or Location:Helicopter Express Llc, Chamblee, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as a CH-54A.

    January 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-18432.

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company (Heavy Helicopter), Vietnam.

    1 September 1970

    Crashed.
    Crashed in Vietnam.

    Returned to USA for repairs.

    December 1981

    To Erickson Air Crane Co.

    January 1982

    To Erickson Air Crane Co with new c/r N1342Y.

    May 1984

    Civil registration, N1342Y, cancelled.

    Remanufactured as a S-64E.
    New construction number, 64-034D, assigned to the airframe.

    December 1986

    To Erickson Air-Crane Inc, Central Point, OR with new c/r N164AC.

    20 September 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL. ex- CH-54A 68-18432

    22 March 1993

    Civil registration, N164AC, cancelled.

    8 April 1994

    To Canadian Air-Crane Ltd with new c/r C-FCRN {1}.

    30 September 1994

    Civil registration, C-FCRN {1}, cancelled.
    Returned to USA.

    November 1994

    To Erickson Air-Crane Inc, Central Point, OR with new c/r N164AC.

    Circa February 1998


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: N164AC - S-64E Skycrane - Erickson Air-Crane in February 1998

    15 February 2001

    To Erickson Air-Crane Inc, Central Point, OR keeping c/r N164AC.

    5 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N164AC (S-64E, 64034D) issued.

    1 May 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N164AC (S-64E, 64034D) issued.

    29 January 2010


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: At Henderson Executive - Waiting for the fire season. In the background is the skyline of Las Vegas.

    10 June 2014

    To Erickson Inc, Central Point, OR keeping c/r N164AC.

    Based at Erickson Air-Crane, Central Point, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    29 March 2018

    To Erickson Inc, Medford, OR keeping c/r N164AC.

    6 May 2024

    To Helicopter Express Llc, Chamblee, GA keeping c/r N164AC.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     CH 54 Skycrane Association
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Helis.com
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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