Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard

C/N 62-115

Built 1967 - Written off 1981





Helicopter Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard Serial 62-115 Register 1427 used by US Coast Guard USCG. Built 1967. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History




For 1427 see also
        sa330b 1427
        tth 1427
    1990 212 35025

1427

usa US Coast Guard

1967-06-19 19jun67 entered service at CGAS Houston
10apr70 to CGAS Kodiak Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak
1981-10-22USCG HH-52A
w/o 22oct81.
A KMOB w/o 22 crashed during a training flight near Bates Field (which is now Mobile Regional Airport and Aviation Training Center ATC Mobile). All four crew members on board the helicopter were killed. Aviation Traning Center Mobile Alabama
rotor blades separated from head during normal flight
Names of personnel killed in the incident: LT Raymond T. Brooks LTJG Robert E. Winter AD3 Mark C. Johnson AD3 Joe A. Hinton
Air Station assigned to: AIRSTA Mobile
Location of the incident: Bates Field
Description of the incident: During a night instrument flight the crew experienced a catastrophic failure of a major flight control. There was an instantaneous breakup of the aircraft.
It was determined that a pitch change control rod broke while in flight.




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