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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:F-51D Mustang
    Last Military Serial:519 FABo
    Last Civil Registration:N251RM
    Latest Owner or Location:Legacy of Flight Museum, Rexburg, Idaho

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-51D by Cavalier.

    Circa 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-22579.

    From 19 January 1968 to 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Boliviana with s/n 519.

    From December 1977 to 1984

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GXRG.

    From September 1985 to 1992

    To unknown owner with c/r N52BH.

    5 February 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL551BJ (F51D MUSTANG, 67-22579) issued.

    6 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: Taken at Warner Robins AFB Air Show

    From April 1992 to Circa 1996

    To unknown owner with c/r N251RM.

    16 April 1992

    To McDonald Russell, Heber City, UT with c/r N251RM.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL251RM (F51D MUSTANG, 67-22579) issued.

    24 August 2006

    To 251RM Llc, Rexburg, ID with c/r N551BJ.

    By 21 December 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N251RM.

    21 December 2006

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at the Rexbury-Madison County Airport (RXE) Rexburg, ID, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The flight was being conducted as a maintenance test flight after an engine change. After a second touch-and-go, the engine quite at an altitude of about 300 to 400 feet above ground level, but then resumed operation...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    To Legacy of Flight Museum, Rexburg, ID.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: C5 T
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 3rd Edition by Paul Coggan
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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