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    Airframe Family: Cessna 120 / 140
    Latest Model:140
    Construction Number:14852
    Last Civil Registration:VH-TMO
    Compressed ID:Cessna 140 cn 14852 cr VH-TMO
    Latest Owner or Location:Michael Sheppard, Moorooka, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a 140.

    26 March 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3583V (140, 14852) issued.

    10 August 1999

    To Brian J. Todd, Cleveland, OH with new c/r N3583V.

    8 July 2000

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Barber Airport (2D1) Alliance, OH, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The airplane was departing a 2088 foot-long, turf runway, in night visual meteorological conditions. The pilot stated that the airplane accelerated normally; however, he felt uncomfortable not being able to see the tree line at the end of the runway and described his view as, looking into a black hole...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    20 November 2002

    To Michael Sheppard, Moorooka, QLD with new c/r VH-TMO.

    26 May 2010

    Civil registration, N3583V, cancelled.

    27 January 2011

    To Michael Sheppard, Moorooka, QLD keeping c/r VH-TMO.

    28 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora Airport, New South Wales, during the 40th Anniversary Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association

    18 March 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Attending the Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association at Echuca, Victoria. Now with low viz registration marks
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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