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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70632

* 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.

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Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
December 1989 163790 HH-60H Flag U.S. Navy

In December 1989 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory. The Aircraft was with HSC-84 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
21 July 2009 163790 HH-60H Flag U.S. Navy

On 21 July 2009 this Aircraft crashed at Fort Pickett Army Base near Blackstone, Virginia. The accident occurred during a night training flight at Castles Combat Landing Strip when the Seahawk’s rotor wash caused a tarp used by ground crews to mark helicopter-landing zones to become airborne and entangled in the tail rotor causing the aircraft to flip on its left side. The two pilots and four crew members escaped the downed helicopter with minor injuries.

  • Unit Involved: Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron HSC- 84
  • Mishap Location: Fort Pickett Army Base
  • Fatalities: 0

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 3

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
May 2012 163790 HH-60H Flag U.S. Navy

In May 2012 the Aircraft had been rebuilt and was now flying again with HSC-84.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 4

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
23 March 2015 163790 HH-60H Flag U.S. Navy

On 23 March 2015 the Aircraft was delivered to 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309th AMARG) in Tucson, Arizona for storage. In May/June 2021 the Aircraft departed AMARG. (Need more info)