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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-44/J4F/OA-14 Widgeon
    Latest Model:J4F-2 Widgeon
    Last Military Serial:37748 USN
    Construction Number:1378
    Last Civil Registration:N141R
    Compressed ID:Grumman J4F-2 sn 37748 USN cn 1378...
    Latest Owner or Location:Steven J. Compton, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a J4F-2.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37748.

    31 August 1946

    Withdrawn from use.

    21 November 1946

    To unknown owner with c/r NC60379.

    15 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for NC60379 (G-44, 1378) issued.

    10 July 1958

    To unknown owner with c/r N199VC.

    30 August 1961

    To unknown owner with c/r N141R.

    7 November 1974

    To Peninsula Airways Inc, Anchorage, AL keeping c/r N141R.

    22 October 1997

    To Peninsula Airways Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N141R.

    4 January 2005

    To Cat Island Air Tour and Trading Co Llc, Golden Valley, MN keeping c/r N141R.

    31 October 2005

    To Steven J. Compton, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N141R.

    By 26 May 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N141R.

    26 May 2006

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Willow, AK, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. He had departed a hard-surfaced runway about 15 minutes prior to landing on the lake. He said he and the sole passenger were able to exit the airplane through their respective side windows. The pilot indicated that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane and it was likely that he failed to retract the main landing gear after takeoff from the hard surfaced runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    16 February 2009


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2009 photo at Victoria BC - 1944 vintage Grumman Widgeon; having spent a couple of years receiving TLC from Victoria Air Maintenance, it is shown on the eve of its return home to Alaska

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N141R (G-44, 1378) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2015

    To Cat Island Air Tour and Trading Co Llc, Golden Valley, MN keeping c/r N141R.

    14 February 2015

    To Steven J. Compton, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N141R.

    20 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N141R without Navy titles on starboard side at Merrill Field, Anchorage, AK
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