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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:Avenger AS.3
    Last Military Serial:53503 RCN
    Construction Number:3565
    Last Civil Registration:N53503
    Latest Owner or Location:American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an Avenger AS.3 by Fairey Aviation at Canada.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 53503.

    30 June 1950

    Markings Applied: 315

    1 January 1958

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Navy.

    From 1963 to 1970

    To Simsbury Flying Service, Simsbury CT with new c/r N6583D.


    Photographer: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

    From 1970 to 1972

    To Joe E. Jones/CAF, Harlingen TX keeping c/r N6583D.

    13 January 1972

    To Robert L. Wick/CAF, Harlingen TX with new c/r N53505.

    24 July 1976


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    23 June 1978


    Photographer: Brian Baker
    Notes: Photographed at Harlingen, TX.

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: TBM-3E Avenger of the Confederate Air Force in action at their 1978 Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    6 September 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX with new c/r N53503.

    In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    April 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro, CA Open House

    2 June 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL53503 (TBM-3E, 53503) issued.

    1 January 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL53503 (TBM-3E, 53503) issued.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Rocky Mountain Wing, Walker Field, Grand Junction, CO.
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    9 October 2010


    Photographer: Kevin Bailey
    Notes: CAF Airsho 2010

    9 October 2010


    Photographer: Kevin Bailey
    Notes: CAF Airsho 2010

    24 August 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL53503 (TBM-3E, 53503) issued.

    17 March 2014

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Glendale Municpal Airport (GEU) Glendale, AZ, United States while taxiing. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that after landing and during the turn onto a taxiway intersection, he inadvertently raised the landing gear lever by mistake, rather than the adjacent flap lever. The left landing gear collapsed, which caused the left wing tip to strike the ground. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    24 August 2015

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N53503.


    Photographer: DND CT 825
    Notes: Canadian Forces Photo from my collection. RCN Avenger 53503 ABP


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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited

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