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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:L-188 Electra
    Construction Number:1050
    Last Civil Registration:EL-WWS
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-188 cn 1050 cr EL-WWS
    Latest Owner or Location:Frederick B Ayres and Assoc Inc, New York, NY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-188.
    LOCKHEED 188 Unknown

    To unknown owner with c/r N6111A.

    By 15 September 1966

    To American Airlines Inc with new c/r N6111A.

    15 September 1966

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC67A0046: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 20:35 hours. The damage was substantial. Suffered a bird strike while cruising. Report remarks include: Right horizontal stabilizer struck by mallard drakes. Incident occurred at or near Montezuma, NY.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    12 August 1974

    To Frederick B Ayres and Assoc Inc, New York, NY with new c/r N278AC.

    12 November 1974

    Civil registration, N278AC, cancelled.

    12 November 1974

    Civil registration, N278AC, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r N278AC.

    To unknown owner with c/r HC-AZL.

    To unknown owner with c/r PP-VNJ.

    To unknown owner with c/r HR-AML.

    To unknown owner with c/r EL-WWS.

    7 July 1999


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Flown in as spare part spender for Amerer Air EL-WWS was grounded as soon as it arrived at Linz-Hoersching, Austria

    25 September 1999


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Hiding its nose in a hangar at an Open-Airport-Day, the spare part spender EL-WWS with Amerer Air logo at Linz-Hoersching, Austria

    May 2000


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Having done its job as spare part spender ex-EL-WWS close to the final destruction at Linz-Hoersching, Austria
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     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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