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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:OY-1 Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:03960 USMC
    Construction Number:3960
    Last Civil Registration:N68781
    Latest Owner or Location:James R. McDonald, Cal Nev Ari, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    May 1945

    Constructed as a L-5E.

    May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 03960 as a OY-1.

    26 September 1968

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR68781 (L-5E, 03960) issued.

    By September 1968

    To unknown owner with c/r NR68781.

    1 January 1970

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX70DUG15: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 16:25 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Skylark Airport, Elsinore, CA. This was a local flight from Elsinore, CA. The aircraft nosed over during the landing rollout. The factors included; the runway was soft. Report remarks include: Runway on sandy dry lake bed. Pilot misused brakes.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    23 September 1971

    To unknown owner with c/r N68781.

    9 October 1971

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX72DUG23: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:30 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Skylark Airport, Elsinore, CA. This was a local flight from Elsinore, CA. Suffered a hard landing on touch down. The gear collapsed on touch down. The factors included; overload failure.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    18 August 1998

    To James R. McDonald, Bakersfield, CA keeping c/r N68781.

    17 August 2004

    To James R. McDonald, Bakersfield, CA keeping c/r N68781.

    1 June 2012

    To James R. McDonald, Santa Clarita, CA keeping c/r N68781.

    30 September 2015

    To James R. McDonald, Cal Nev Ari, NV keeping c/r N68781.
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