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    Airframe Family: Interstate S-1 Cadet / L-6 Grasshopper
    Latest Model:S-1A Cadet
    Construction Number:007
    Last Civil Registration:N28315
    Latest Owner or Location:Garry M. Holcomb, San Antonio, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a S-1A.

    16 May 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N28315 (S-1A, 7) issued.

    21 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N28315 (S-1A, 7) issued.

    9 January 1999

    To Ted R. Morgan, Pueblo West, CO with c/r N28315.

    18 January 2006

    To Mark E. Holloway, Canon City, CO with c/r N28315.

    31 January 2006

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Melon Field (2V8) Rocky Ford, CO, United States while standing. The damage was substantial. The pilot opened the throttle 1/8-INCH and hand-started the engine (starting the engine by turning the propeller by hand). A second person held onto the empennage. The engine started and the person holding the empennage let go. To get a better grip. The pilot was unable to get into the cockpit so he grabbed the right wings lift strut...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 November 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N28315.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Antonio, TX.

    13 May 2015

    Civil registration, N28315, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Antonio, TX.

    13 July 2015

    To Garry M. Holcomb, San Antonio, TX.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N28315 (S-1A, 7) issued.
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