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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:TO-1D Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:57-2912 US
    Construction Number:24090
    Last Civil Registration:N305JH
    Compressed ID:Cessna TO-1D sn 57-2912 US cn 24090...
    Latest Owner or Location:Polyspray Corporation, Asheboro, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

    Constructed as a TL-19D.
    Accepted by the USAF for delivery to the Army

    1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-2912.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as TO-1D.

    15 December 1976

    Last Army report.

    Circa 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N95495.

    3 May 1981

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number ATL81DID13: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 15:40 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Name Of Airport - New London Airport, Forest, VA. This was a local flight from Unknown/not Reported. Ground looped or water swerved on touch down. Collided with a fence during a landing go-around. The factors included; unfavorable wind conditions. The sky conditions were clear. The visibility was 5 or over (unlimited)...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Circa 1981

    Civil registration, N95495, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r N305JR.

    By 1988

    To unknown owner with c/r N305JH.

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    6 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Warner Robins AFB Ga Airshow

    3 April 1996

    To Polyspray Corporation, Asheboro, NC keeping c/r N305JH.

    4 June 1997

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Cole Ridge Airport Asheboro, NC, United States while cruising. The airframe was destroyed. Cessna 305E, N305JH, had been airborne about 11 minutes, Piper J3C-65, N804DA, had been airborne about 2 minutes, when a collision of the 2 airplanes occurred. The collision occurred about 2 miles west of the departure airstrip. A witness said he first heard a loud sound, then saw both airplanes flying northeast bound...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    31 October 1998

    Civil registration, N305JH, cancelled.


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