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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-6 Texan
    Last Military Serial:112330 USN
    Construction Number:121-43186
    Last Civil Registration:N47LF
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-6 sn 112330 USN cn 121-43186...
    Latest Owner or Location:Griffin Spalding County Airport, Griffin, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6F-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-82464.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 112330 as a SNJ-6.

    Transferred to NAS Pensacola, FL.

    From 1958 to By 1982

    Stored on farm.

    25 April 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N186D (SNJ-6, 121-43186) issued.

    From By 1963 to By 1977

    To Jack C. Strother, Gastonburg, AL with new c/r N186D.

    From November 1982 to By 1983

    To N. Floyd McGowin, Chapman, AL.

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Kalamazoo, MI, for restoration.

    Restored.

    First post-restoration Flight.

    From January 1983 to By 1995

    To N. Floyd McGowin, Chapman, AL with new c/r N47LF.

    13 August 1997

    To Hez Consulting Associates Inc/Herbert Evan Zeiger, Pell City, AL keeping c/r N47LF.

    5 April 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun 2006, Lakeland FL

    4 February 2009

    To Herbert Evan Zeiger, Alexander City, AL keeping c/r N47LF.

    By 11 August 2009

    Markings Applied: 47, MARINES VMT-1, SNJ-6 MARINES, 112330, LF

    11 August 2009


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At 2009 Oshkosh

    6 March 2010

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at Santa Rosa Beach, FL, United States. The airframe was destroyed. The accident airplane was number 5 in a five-plane, in-trail, over water formation. The flight leader estimated that the formation was about 500 feet above the water and a trail pilot estimated that the airplanes were about 2000 yards apart. The formation was headed eastbound, along a beach. A video clip revealed that some of the airplanes completed aileron rolls...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    After 6 March 2010

    Recovered.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Griffin Spalding County Airport, Griffin, GA.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 January 2018

    Civil registration, N47LF, cancelled.
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
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    National Transportation Safety Board
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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