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1983 (SA366G)
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16/1/21
AS366GA 6038
4108
Completed at Grand Prairie, Texas by Aerospatiale as an SA366G (HH-65A).
6505
Accepted into service 1985 as an SA366G1 (HH-65A).
Upgraded to AS366GA standard at The Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Elizabeth City, NC.
Operated by the United States Coast Guard as an HH-65C by 2008.
Crashed 4/9/08 off Honolulu, Hawaii. Whilst conducting a training exercise
with a lifeboat, the winch became caught on the boat and snapped, damaging
the rotor system of the helicopter, which after a short while ditched with
the sad loss of all four onboard.
Wreckage recovered and taken to Hickam AFB, and later to Elizabeth City.