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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:172P
    Construction Number:172-76543
    Last Civil Registration:N9344L
    Compressed ID:Cessna 172P cn 172-76543 cr N9344L
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1986

    Constructed as a 172P.

    10 January 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9344L (172P, 172-76543) issued.

    1986

    To Civil Air Patrol Inc, Maxwell AFB, AL with new c/r N9344L.

    24 May 1989

    To Civil Air Patrol Inc, Maxwell AFB, AL keeping c/r N9344L.

    12 September 2001

    Only Civilian Aircraft allowed to fly around New York City to survey damage caused by the destruction of the World Trade Center. To evaluate the damage caused by the destruction of the World Trade Center, the governor of New York and the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested aerial photography of the area. Approved by the national command authority in the White House, a crew of three Civil Air Patrol (CAP) officers took to the skies.CAP Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Heinrich and Captains Andrew Feldman and Warren Ratis made four orbits over New York City. Feldman and Ratis, using traditional film Nikon cameras, took more than forty photos of the devastation. Following the mission, government agencies analyzed the photos.

    17 May 2005

    Damaged.
    The accident occurred at the Long Island Macarthur Airport (ISP) Islip, NY, United States while taxiing. The damage was substantial.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    13 March 2024

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    13 March 2024


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    23 March 2024


    Photographer: Austin J. Newman

    7 June 2024


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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