Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard

C/N 62-131

Written off 1977





Helicopter Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard Serial 62-131 Register 1448 used by US Coast Guard USCG. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard Serial 62-131 Register 1448 used by US Coast Guard USCG. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History




For 1448 see also
    1976 sa341f 1448

1448

usa US Coast Guard

1977-01-20Sikorsky S-62C c/n 62-131, ff?
del USCG as HH-52A Seaguard 1448 unk
xfer Chicago CGAS unk
w/o 20Jan77. Coast Guard Air Station Chicago
date unk at CGAS Chicago Coast Guard Air Station Chicago


She went down in the Illinois river in 1977 after hitting power transmission line, all 4 crew killed
This crew was performing an aerial ice patrol along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. They struck three electrical transmission wires and crashed into the ice-filled river. 3 crew and a civilian observer were killed.




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