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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 24 Argus / C-61 Forwarder / C-68 / GK / J2K
    Latest Model:F-24G
    Construction Number:2900
    Last Civil Registration:N16866

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    Dates

    Event

    1937

    Constructed as a F-24G.
    FAIRCHILD 24 G 2900

    1 September 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16866 (24 G, 2900) issued.

    By 28 January 1998

    To unknown owner with c/r N16866.

    28 January 1998

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at Andalusia, AL, United States while cruising. The airframe was destroyed. The recently restored antique airplane impacted trees on the bank of a river within a densely forested national forest while being ferried to the restorer for some last minute detailing prior to a sale. There were no witnesses and initial notification came from a fellow pilot when the accident pilot failed to show up at a predetermined meeting place...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    2 December 1998

    To unknown owner with c/r N16866.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Frederick, MD.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16866 (24 G, 2900) issued.

    1 January 2001

    To unknown owner with c/r N16866.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Frederick, MD.

    15 August 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N16866.

    15 August 2013

    Civil registration, N16866, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Frederick, MD.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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