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    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:T-50
    Construction Number:2581
    Last Civil Registration:N578EK
    Latest Owner or Location:Davis Lloyd LJR, Brackettville, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-50.

    20 April 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N578EK (T-50, 2581) issued.

    21 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N578EK (T-50, 2581) issued.

    24 July 1987

    To Lloyd L. Davis Jr, Brackettville, TX with c/r N578EK.

    By 4 March 1990

    To unknown owner with c/r N578EK.

    4 March 1990

    Crashed.
    There were two minor injuries. The accident occurred at the Fort Clark Springs Airport Brackettville, TX, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The aircraft was departing from an airstrip on a ferry permit for an inoperable landing gear mechanism. The pilot reported that the aircrafts right engine failed at approximately 75 to 100 feet above ground level during initial climb. The propeller was not of a type that could be feathered...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    17 August 1999

    To Davis Lloyd LJR, Brackettville, TX with c/r N578EK.
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