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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70021

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: YSH-60B
Effectivity:: 0001
Lot Number:: N/A
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: storage
Last Updated:: 2024-04-19

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
12 December 1979	161169	YSH-60B		Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
The first Flight of the YSH-60B was on 12 December 1979 at the Sikorsky Facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

12 December 1979

161169

YSH-60B

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

The first Flight of the YSH-60B was on 12 December 1979 at the Sikorsky Facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
September 1980	161169	YSH-60B		U.S. Navy
In September 1980 the Initial Navy evaluation of the RAST (Recovery Assist and Secure Traverse) System was conducted at the Naval Air Engineering Center (NAEC), NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey. On 18 December 1980 the aircraft landed aboard the U.S.S. McInerney (FFG-8) at Mayport, Florida as part of first integrated shipboard testing of the LAMPS MK III weapon system. Aircraft assigned to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC). On 07 January 1981, according to the 1981 Command History Report for the U.S.S. McInerney (FFG-8), Following take-off on the first flight of the day, SH-60 BUN0 161169 experienced Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) malfunctions. The AFCS malfunction forced KINERNEY to return to Mayport, Florida to allow contractor personnel to further troubleshoot the aircraft. Aircraft assigned to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC). Missing information on what happened to this aircraft after the initial testing. The aircraft may be in Hangar Nr. 1 at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey or it may have been scrapped.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

September 1980

161169

YSH-60B

U.S. Navy

In September 1980 the Initial Navy evaluation of the RAST (Recovery Assist and Secure Traverse) System was conducted at the Naval Air Engineering Center (NAEC), NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey.

On 18 December 1980 the aircraft landed aboard the U.S.S. McInerney (FFG-8) at Mayport, Florida as part of first integrated shipboard testing of the LAMPS MK III weapon system. Aircraft assigned to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC).

On 07 January 1981, according to the 1981 Command History Report for the U.S.S. McInerney (FFG-8), Following take-off on the first flight of the day, SH-60 BUN0 161169 experienced Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) malfunctions. The AFCS malfunction forced KINERNEY to return to Mayport, Florida to allow contractor personnel to further troubleshoot the aircraft. Aircraft assigned to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC).

Missing information on what happened to this aircraft after the initial testing. The aircraft may be in Hangar Nr. 1 at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey or it may have been scrapped.