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    Airframe Family: Beech 45/T-34 Mentor
    Latest Model:T-34B Mentor
    Last Military Serial:140846 USN
    Construction Number:BG-180
    Last Civil Registration:N34FU
    Latest Owner or Location:George E. Watson, Temecula, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-34B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 140846.

    19 March 1997

    To Monterey Navy Flying Club, Monterey, CA with c/r N342MN (T34B, BG-180).

    Based at Yesterdays Flyers, Carson City Airport, Carson City, NV.
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    10 May 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N34FU (D-45, BG-180) issued.

    By 2 August 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N342MN.

    2 August 2006

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at the Decatur Co Industrial Air Park Airport (BGE) Bainbridge, GA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot stated that he was on initial climb from runway 27, at 50 feet and 80 knots, when the engine started a popping noise and the engine had a partial loss of power. The pilot turned the boost pump on, the popping noise continued and he made a right turn towards runway 14...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    19 January 2007

    To Peter M. Scala, Port Orange, FL with c/r N34FU.

    23 June 2015

    To George E. Watson, Temecula, CA.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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