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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:SH-3H Sea King
    Last Military Serial:149713 USN
    Construction Number:61-130
    Last Civil Registration:N612CK
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky SH-3H sn 149713 USN cn 61-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Croman Corp, White City, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SH-3H.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 149713.

    8 May 1998

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    29 October 1998

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR with new c/r N105BS.

    11 February 2003

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR with new c/r N612CK.

    By 28 August 2004

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR with new c/r N612CK.

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    21 June 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX612CK (SH-3H, 149713) issued.

    18 January 2006

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Ely, NV, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. While en route on a positioning flight, the restricted category helicopter lost power in both engines and then landed hard and rolled over during an autorotative forced landing on a road. Both pilots said that as they neared the area of the accident site the flight had to maneuver around areas of bad weather...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Only the cockpit section survives at the Croman base in White City here.

    14 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX612CK (SH-3H, 149713) issued.

    17 February 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR612CK (SH-3H, 149713) issued.

    By 13 January 2018

    Operated as fire service #702.

    By 13 January 2018

    Markings Applied: 702, CROMAN

    13 January 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Fox Field, Lancaster, California.

    3 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at White City, OR, U.S.A.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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