Dates

Event

Constructed as a PV-2.

1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37250.

From 2 January 1954 to By 1957

Assigned to AS Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.
Withdrawn from used and placed in storage at Litchfield.

28 March 1957

To Ralph Wingfield, Nogales, AZ with new c/r N6857C.
Sold as surplus.

21 April 1958

To Ben Whitney Trading Co, Calexico, CA keeping c/r N6857C.

29 March 1959

To Max L. Biegert, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N6857C.

From September 1959 to By 1964

To Riverside Aircraft Co, Riverside, CA keeping c/r N6857C.

From 23 April 1965 to By 1966

To Rosenbalm Aviation, Medford, OR keeping c/r N6857C.

August 1965

Converted for use as a bait spreader.

From 8 January 1966 to By 1976

To Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan, AL keeping c/r N6857C.

April 1966

Converted for use as a swathemaster spreader.

1970

Photographer: Marion Dorner
Notes: PV-2 used as anti-fire ant sprayer from Dothan Aviation. Photo at Lewis B. Wilson Airport in Macon, Georgia September 1970. Photo was scanned from Glenn Dorner archives 2022.

1 March 1979

To Hugh W. Wheelless, Dothan, AL keeping c/r N6857C.

From 26 June 1979 to By 1980

To Michigan Aerial Applicators, Ann Arbor, MI keeping c/r N6857C.

By 1979

Used for liquid spraying grasshopper control in Oregon.

From 4 March 1980 to By 1983

To Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N6857C.

From By 1980 to By 1990

Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Mesa, AZ.

14 October 1980

Photographer: Lewis Grant
Notes: N6857C : Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon - Photographed in the late afternoon, parked up at Mesa Falcon Field, one of ten aerial sprayer PV-2s noted on this date.

From 20 January 1983 to By 1988

To Globe Air Inc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N6857C.

24 October 1985

Sold at the Globe Air closing down auction at Mesa, AZ.

From October 1985 to By 1988

To American Aeronautical Foundation, Canoga Park, CA keeping c/r N6857C.

From 13 January 1988 to By 1990

To Quarry Products Inc, Richmond, CA keeping c/r N6857C.

From 2 November 1990 to By 1998

To Combat Aircraft Museum/Richard T. Mitchell, Lafayette, LA keeping c/r N6857C.

5 November 1990

Ferry flight.
Moved from Mesa to Broussard, LA, for restoration.

Restored.
Markings Applied: Fat Cat Too

4 October 1991

Certificate of airworthiness for NL6857C (PV-2, 15-1216) issued.

October 1991

First post-restoration Flight.

October 1991

Photographer: Mark Kennedy
Notes: PV-2 Harpoon N6857C at Wings Over Houston Airshow, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct. 1991.

October 1992

Photographer: Mark Kennedy
Notes: PV-2 Harpoon N6857C at Wings Over Houston Airshow, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct. 1992.

October 1992

Photographer: Mark Kennedy
Notes: PV-2 Harpoon N6857C at Wings Over Houston Airshow, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct. 1992.

30 September 1994

Crashed.
The accident occurred at the Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) Lafayette, LA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The right seat pilot was instructing the pilot in the left seat for a type rating in the airplane. After the second landing, the pilot in command in the right seat was configuring the airplane for takeoff and inadvertently pulled the gear handle up instead of the flaps. The pilot also reported that the two handles are identical in size, shape and color...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

Repaired.

11 October 1998

To Saint Landry Bank Trust Company, Opelousas, LA keeping c/r N6857C.

10 November 1998

To Saint Landry Bank and Trust Company, Opelousas, LA keeping c/r N6857C.

On behalf of the owner stored with/at Lafayette Regional, Lafayette, LA.
View the Location Dossier

1 January 2004

Certificate of airworthiness for NL6857C (PV-2, 15-1216) issued.

On behalf of the owner stored with/at Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial, Abbeville, LA.
View the Location Dossier

20 August 2013

Civil registration, N6857C, cancelled.