Dates

Event

1942

Constructed as a DC-3-455.
Ordered by TWA, but impressed by Army Air Force prior to delivery.

By 1942

Civil registration NC34977 {1} reserved but not taken up.

22 October 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-1999 as a C-49K.
Remained stateside for duration of WWII.

By December 1943

Transferred to 68th Squadron, 1st Operational Training Unit, Rosecrans Field, MO.

21 June 1945

Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

From 25 June 1945 to 30 April 1952

To Trans World Airlines with c/r NC44897.
Operated with markings: 338

30 April 1952

To Beldex Corporation.

1953

To Diamond Alkali Corporation with c/r N23D.

Converted to a DC-3A.

1963

To Dayton Steel Foundry Company with c/r N230D.

October 1967

To Burnside Ott. Aviation Training Center.

1970

To C. Hall, Miami, FL.

1971

To Edgeco Air Sales Inc, Middlesboro, MA.

1974

To Airline Aviation Academy Inc, Griffin, GA.

1975

To Air Go Inc, T/A Air Commuter Express, Warrentown, NC.

March 1977

To A. Hulsey, T/A Air Commuter Express, Warrentown, NC.

28 April 1980

To J. C. Bowman, Anderson, SC, T/A Bo-S-Aire with c/r N19BA.

31 January 1989

To Century Airlines, Pontiac, MI.

23 June 1989

Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Albuquerque Airport, NM

21 December 1989

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed from the control tower at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL.

May 1993

To Piedmont Air Cargo with c/r N32MS {1}.

25 June 1999

To Roblex Aviation, Bayamon, PR with c/r N19BA.

4 April 2001

Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 39,832 hours on the airframe at the time. It was a local training flight from San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico. The accident occurred at 1,6 km (1 mls) E of San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) (Puerto Rico) while in the initial climb. Narrative: DC-3 N19BA was being used for a training flight out of San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin Airport to practice ILS approaches. After performing a touch-and-go on runway 10, the right engine failed...

4 April 2001

Involved in an incident.
The incident occurred at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) San Juan, PR, United States while going around. The damage was minor. The flight crew stated that while making a missed approach after a practice instrument landing system approach, the right engine failed. The captain took control of the airplane from the copilot. The captain stated that while he performed the emergency procedures for engine failure, he noticed the left engine was not producing power...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

9 July 2001

Civil registration, N19BA, cancelled.

Written off.