Sikorsky HSS-1 / SH-34G Seabat

C/N 58-551

Built 1957





Helicopter Sikorsky HSS-1 / SH-34G Seabat Serial 58-551 Register 143880 used by US Navy USN. Built 1957. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





143880

usa US Navy

1957-07-17
Sikorsky HSS-1N / SH-34J Seabat Sikorsky HSS-1, c/n 58-551, ff?
del US Navy as HSS-1, 143880, 17Jul57
conv HSS-1N (ASC 84), unk
status unk.
1961-09 HS-7, lost at sea. Equipped with experimental sonar equipment (scope). Delayed flight due to engine oil leak in approximately mid Sep61. Repaired and Mueller was assigned as crewman. During testing mission, tail rotor shaft broke. Aircraft crashed in ocean, all crewman recovered by U.S. submarine that they were using equipment to find. Crewman Garner's Log




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