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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:S-58JT
    Construction Number:58-1124
    Last Civil Registration:N126GW
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-58JT cn 58-1124 cr N126G...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aircrane Inc, Winder, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-58JT.
    Sikorsky S-58JT 581124

    28 July 1959

    To United Aircraft Corp, Stratford, CT with new c/r N829 (H-34, 581124).

    19 August 1960

    Civil registration, N829, cancelled.

    2 February 1977

    To Carson Helicopters Inc, Perkasie, PA with new c/r N126GW (S-58ET, 581124).

    22 April 1988

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR126GW (S-58ET, 581124) issued.

    Based at Carson Helicopters, Perkasie Helliport, Perkasie, PA.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 April 2000


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: N126GW S-58JT (ex H-34, 58-1124) Carson Helicopters stored at Kissimmee FL 4-4-2000

    19 May 2005

    To JH Helicopter Services Corp, Pearce, AZ with new c/r N126GW.

    20 December 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N126GW (S-58JT, 581124) issued.

    7 February 2007

    To Aircrane Inc, Winder, GA with new c/r N126GW.

    By 1 August 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N126GW.

    1 August 2012

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Parking Lot Airport (None) Middletown, DE, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The pilot had flown two uneventful external load lifts to place 2900-LB air conditioning units on a warehouse roof. The pilot reported that, during the third lift, he felt vibration in the pedals that became violent and the helicopter then began to rotate about its vertical axis. The air conditioning unit touched down on the roof as the helicopter was spinning...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.
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