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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28D Nomad
    Last Military Serial:3407 RLAF
    Construction Number:159-8
    Last Civil Registration:N2496
    Latest Owner or Location:T-28 Inc, Dover, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28D.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-1496.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Lao Air Force with s/n 3407.

    20 November 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2496 (NA-260, 49-1496) issued.

    August 1991


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Chino, CA

    By 7 December 1991

    To unknown owner with c/r N2496.

    7 December 1991

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Bermuda Dunes, CA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The certificated airline pilot and a passenger departed in a surplus military combat aircraft for a local area flight. About 300 feet above the ground, the engine lost power. The pilot executed an emergency landing in an open field with the landing gear retracted. During the landing, one propeller blade separated from the engine and struck the right wing, damaging the wing spar...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 May 1993


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Static at the 1993 El Toro show

    3 August 1998

    To Trojan Air Holdings Inc, Las Vegas, NV with new c/r N2496.

    15 May 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airshow, Chino, CA.

    Based at Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    Markings Applied: AD

    3 November 2009

    Civil registration revised, N2496 (NA-260, 49-1496).
    Registration pending to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.

    3 November 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N2496.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.

    7 December 2009

    To Lexington Trading Inc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N2496.

    3 February 2010

    To Lexington Trading Inc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N2496.

    29 August 2012

    To Charles H. Hainline, Hammond, OR keeping c/r N2496.

    21 January 2014

    To T-28 Inc, Dover, DE keeping c/r N2496.

    24 October 2014


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: At New Smyrna Beach Airport in Florida


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    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board

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