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    Airframe Family: Piasecki H-21
    Latest Model:CH-21B Work Horse
    Last Military Serial:53-4327 USAF
    Last Civil Registration:N10109
    Latest Owner or Location:El Dorado Aircraft Supplies, Rosamond, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-21B by Vertol.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-4327.

    28 February 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N10109 (42A, 53-4327A) issued.

    By 4 March 1975

    To unknown owner with c/r N10109.

    4 March 1975

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK75FVG46: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 17:30 hours. The damage was substantial. This was a local flight from Chico, CA. The engine failed or malfunctioned while on a crop dusting run. Collided with trees while performing a power-off autorotative landing. The factors included; high obstructions on terrain. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 April 1999

    To unknown owner with c/r N10109.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Burbank, CA.

    From By 26 May 2013 to After 21 March 2015

    To El Dorado Aircraft Supplies, Rosamond, Palmdale, CA.

    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Stored in a compound of El Dorado Aircraft Supplies, Rosamond, California

    15 August 2013

    Civil registration, N10109, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Burbank, CA.

    21 March 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed from outside the perimeter fence of El Dorado Aircraft Supplies in Rosamond, California.

    By 29 April 2016

    To Antelope Acres, Palmdale, CA.
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    29 April 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed in Antelope Acres, CA.

    By 13 January 2018

    To El Dorado Aircraft Supplies, Rosamond, Palmdale, CA.
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    13 January 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Eldorado Aircraft Supplies in Rosamond, California.

    13 January 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Eldorado Aircraft Supplies in Rosamond, California.


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    Credits
    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
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger
    Chris Wood

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