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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:TBM-3E Avenger
    Last Military Serial:86195 USN
    Construction Number:3014
    Last Civil Registration:N7229C
    Latest Owner or Location:Hemet Valley Flying Service Co, Hemet, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 86195.

    From 1959 to September 1971

    To Hemet Valley Flying Service Co, Hemet, CA with c/r N7229C (TBM-3E, 86195).

    Operated as fire service #E71.

    By 1970


    Photographer: Richard W. Kamm

    30 August 1971

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX72FUQ16: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 16:30 hours. The airframe was destroyed. The flight departed from Paso Robles, CA, with the destination Goleta, CA. The engine failed or malfunctioned while cruising. There was a fire or explosion in flight while circling in the traffic pattern. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 October 1971

    Civil registration, N7229C, cancelled.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    TBM Avengers and Forest Protection Limited
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     Terry Fletcher
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