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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:T-50
    Last Military Serial:43-31869 USAAF
    Construction Number:5807
    Last Civil Registration:N41759
    Latest Owner or Location:Thomas Huf, Kingsley, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    January 1944

    Constructed as an UC-78.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-31869.

    1946

    Converted to a T-50.
    Converted by Beech Aircraft Company.

    Circa 1946

    To Berghoff Brewing, Chicago, IL with new c/r NC41759.

    1950

    To Harold Peterson, Wheaton, IL keeping c/r NC41759.

    Circa 1951

    Assigned civil registration: N41759

    17 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N41759 (T-50, 5807) issued.

    18 April 1987


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

    23 January 1989

    To Richard A. Peterson, Wheaton, IL keeping c/r N41759.
    Richard was Harolds son, and took over ownership after Harolds death.

    November 1996

    To William Cherwin and Ted Adams keeping c/r N41759.

    January 1998

    To Thomas Huf, Kingsley, PA.

    18 March 1998

    Civil registration revised.
    Registration updated to show new ownership.

    18 March 1998

    To Thomas Huf, Kingsley, PA keeping c/r N41759.

    January 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Geneseo, NY.

    January 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    5 September 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Blakesburg, IA

    5 September 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Blakesburg, IA

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Catherine Link-Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Catherine Link-Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Catherine Link-Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    2 September 2013

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Huf Airport (PS50) Lenox Twp., PA, United States while on appoach. The airframe was destroyed. The pilot departed at night on the final leg of a cross-country flight without getting an update on weather information he had been provided by a briefer about 3 1/2 hours before the accident...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N41759 (T-50, 5807) issued.

    14 March 2018

    Civil registration, N41759, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    UC-78 Bamboo Bomber Club by Terry Sulivan
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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