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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-117D
    Last Military Serial:17166 USMC
    Construction Number:12522
    Last Civil Registration:OB-T-1325
    Latest Owner or Location:Aero Norte SA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4D-8.

    New construction number, 43347, assigned to the airframe.

    5 August 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17166 as a C-117D.

    1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 17166.

    16 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 17166 - C-117D Skytrooper - US Marine Corps / VMFAT- - MCAS Yuma

    1 October 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 6C062.

    1 December 1980

    To TBM Inc, Redmond OR with new c/r N8538C.

    31 March 1983


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 17166 Douglas C-117D ex-US Marine Corps, Yuma. After storage in MASDC, code 6C062 Purchased by TBM Inc., allocated N8538C, awaiting civilianisation at Sequoia Field, California

    12 September 1984

    To Intercoastal Airways, Detroit MI keeping c/r N8538C.

    December 1984

    To Intercoastal Airways, Detroit MI with new c/r N973SN.

    December 1987

    To Raven Leasing Co Inc, Troy MI keeping c/r N973SN.

    14 February 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: I shot this in TMB.

    22 July 1988

    Civil registration, N973SN, cancelled.

    August 1988

    To Aero Norte SA with new c/r OB-T-1325.
    Operated with markings: Marieta

    14 October 1988


    Photographer: Siegfried Lion
    Notes: Airfield Anta Huaraz Peru

    1990

    Derelict at Juanjui Airfield, Peru.

    17 February 2011


    Photographer: HUBBARTT
    Notes: Taken at Juanjui Peru. Derelict on grass strip. Believed to be ex-drug transport.

    17 February 2011


    Photographer: HUBBARTT
    Notes: Derelict at Juanjui Peru

    17 February 2011


    Photographer: HUBBARTT
    Notes: Derelict at Juanjui, Peru

    17 February 2011


    Photographer: HUBBARTT
    Notes: Derelict at Juanjui Peru

    17 February 2011


    Photographer: HUBBARTT
    Notes: Derelict at Juanjui Peru

    17 February 2011


    Photographer: HUBBARTT
    Notes: Derelict at Juanjui, Peru

    2017

    Noted - still derelict at Juanjui Airfield, Peru.

    By 27 April 2024


    Photographer: juan carlos lujan zavala
    Notes: The DC-10 remains abandoned at Juanjui Airport. It has been in the same place for over 30 years and looks even more deteriorated.

    27 April 2024


    Photographer: juan carlos lujan zavala
    Notes: View of the cockpit of the DC-10.


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