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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:170B
    Construction Number:25800
    Last Civil Registration:N3156A
    Compressed ID:Cessna 170B cn 25800 cr N3156A
    Latest Owner or Location:North American Aero Llc, Madison, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a 170B.
    CESSNA 170B 25800

    13 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3156A (170B, 25800) issued.

    By July 1971

    To Donald Raymond Morgan, Irving, TX with new c/r N3156A.

    28 November 1989

    To Edward H. Cole, Boulder, CO keeping c/r N3156A.

    12 July 1996

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) Lewistown, MT, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot stated that he made an approach to land on the runway with a moderate crosswind. He stated that at about 3 feet above the runway, the wind died or reversed. The airplane bounced; during the bounce, the wind started to turn the airplane. The pilot was unable to control the directional change and the airplane ground-looped, sustaining substantial damage...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    23 February 1999

    To Flying D Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N3156A.

    12 February 2002

    To Dennis P. Lynch, Longmont, CO keeping c/r N3156A.

    9 August 2006

    To Richard E. Compton, Longmont, CO keeping c/r N3156A.

    20 August 2012

    To North American Aero Llc, Madison, NE keeping c/r N3156A.

    1 December 2013


    Photographer: Massey Aerodrome FlickR
    Notes: At Massey Aerodrome, Maryland

    22 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    10 October 2020


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At the TXAAA Annual Fly-in; Gainesville, TX [KGLE]

    10 March 2021

    To North American Aero Llc, Madison, NE keeping c/r N3156A.
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