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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 2021 |
| Time: | 10:15 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane |
| Owner/operator: | Siller Helicopters Inc |
| Registration: | N4035S |
| MSN: | 64099 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Oakland, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | External load operation |
| Departure airport: | Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK) |
| Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter was lifting the second of four large air conditioning units from street level to a high rise building (Elihu Harris State Building, 1515 Clay Street) when the load dropped on Clay Street near 14th Street in downtown Oakland, California.
The load impacted next to the flatbed truck it had been being lifted from.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/09/video-helicopter-drops-huge-air-conditioning-unit-onto-downtown-oakland-street/
https://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/001/414/001414464.jpg (photo)
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4035S/history/20210109/1809Z/KOAK/KOAK
Media:
Cargo helicopter on Clay Street just lost it’s cargo. Luckily it wasn’t flying over any buildings. #oakland #oaklandhelicopter #rightnowish pic.twitter.com/sjyMc6NT69
— Rudi Tcruz (@meatisburger) January 9, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2021 13:48 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 10-Jan-2021 13:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 13:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 13:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 13:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 14:50 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Category, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 14:51 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 18:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2021 18:32 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 11-Jan-2021 09:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jan-2021 03:45 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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