N189AC
Erickson S64E · built 1997
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- October 1, 2006Accident
The pilot-in-command's improper remedial action, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control. Contributing factors were the retardant tank and snorkel designs. Full accident record
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1997 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N189AC.
- March 12, 1994Accident
The pilot's delayed pullout from a vertical aerobatic maneuver for undetermined reasons.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file
Worst recorded outcome: minor damage.
- June 23, 2001Incidentminor damage
A01C0134: The Erickson Air-Crane Inc. S64E was performing fire-suppression work in the Quetico Provincial Park when the crew noted falling transmission oil pressure (20 psi) and rising transmission oil temperature. The flight was diverted to a nearby bog, and landed with minor damage to the aircraft from small trees…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).