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    Airframe Family: Stinson 108
    Latest Model:108-3
    Construction Number:108-3812
    Last Civil Registration:N812C
    Latest Owner or Location:Paul R. Nicholls, Lowell, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a 108-3.
    STINSON 108-3 108-3812

    10 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N812C (108-3, 108-3812) issued.

    4 March 1997

    To Paul R. Nicholls, Lowell, MI with new c/r N812C.

    5 March 1997

    To Paul R. Nicholls, Lowell, MI with new c/r N812C.

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N812C (108-3, 108-3812) issued.

    11 April 2015


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: 2015 photo at Clare County, Michigan

    16 December 2016

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Ionia County Airport (Y70) Ionia, MI, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The private pilot reported that, shortly after takeoff from a snow-covered runway, he heard a aCuthumpaC and saw that the left main landing ski tip had rotated up, past vertical and was in contact with the left wing strut. He was unable to reposition the left ski into a normal position...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 16 December 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N812C.

    6 November 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N812C.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Riley, MI.

    29 August 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N812C.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Riley, MI.

    10 October 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N812C.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Riley, MI.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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