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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70463

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: SH-60B
Effectivity:: 0102
Lot Number:: 05
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: written-off
Last Updated:: 2024-05-25

* 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
August 1987	162978	SH-60B		U.S. Navy
In August 1987 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory. Originally the Aircraft was with HSL-44 at Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

August 1987

162978

SH-60B

U.S. Navy

In August 1987 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory.

Originally the Aircraft was with HSL-44 at Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
19 January 1988	162978	SH-60B		U.S. Navy
On 19 January 1988 the Aircraft crashed when it struck the water during a low-level flyby for a Navy frigate during exercises held in 1988. The incident was caught on camera and pieces of the Horizontal Stabilator and Tail Rotor are visible behind the tumbling helicopter. Unit Involved: HSL-44 Mishap Location: At Sea Fatalities: 0