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    Airframe Family: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N
    Latest Model:N3N-3
    Last Military Serial:01956 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N44970
    Compressed ID:Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 sn 019...
    Latest Owner or Location:Eugene A. Bibber, Fairbanks, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N3N-3.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 01956.

    12 March 1931

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44970 (N3N-3, 1956) issued.

    By 14 June 1991

    To unknown owner with c/r N44970.

    14 June 1991

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Deming Municipal Airport (DMN) Deming, NM, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot and his brother were ferrying the newly restored airplane from California to Georgia. They departed tucson, az and were landing at Deming, NM, for fuel. The tetrahedron was pointing to the north and the pilot observed traffic landing on runway 4...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    10 August 1994

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Laurel Hill Plantation Airport (SC05) Beaufort, SC, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that he landed on the sod runway with light and variable winds. During the landing roll, he lightly applied brakes and the airplane veered right off the runway and collided with trees. The brakes were examined with no malfunctions nor failures found...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    31 December 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44970 (N3N-3, 1956) issued.

    7 March 2005

    To Steven J. Benjamin, Lincoln, CA keeping c/r N44970.

    Based at Douglas Municipal Airport, Douglas, GA.
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    20 December 2013

    To Eugene A. Bibber, Kotzebue, AK keeping c/r N44970.

    Based at Bay Minette Airfield, Bay Minette, AL.
    Operated with markings: 548 / 6
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    2016


    Photographer: Andy Bibber / Stearman Biplanes Facebook

    8 November 2016

    To Eugene A. Bibber, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N44970.

    3 October 2019


    Photographer: Tom Vance
    Notes: N44970 return to the ramp at Benton Airpark
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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