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    Airframe Family: North American L-17 Navion
    Latest Model:NA-145 Navion
    Construction Number:NAV-4-0227
    Last Civil Registration:N91173
    Compressed ID:NA NA-145 cn NAV-4-0227 cr N91173
    Latest Owner or Location:Northern Field Partners Llc, Tullahoma, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a NA-145.

    To unknown owner with c/r N91173.

    16 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N91173 (NAVION, NAV4227) issued.

    By 23 April 1967

    To unknown owner with c/r N91173.

    23 April 1967

    Crashed.
    The incident occurred at Waterville, OH, United States.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    25 October 1993

    To Bruce D. Balough, North Canton, OH keeping c/r N91173.

    January 2001

    Placed on display with Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, OH.
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    4 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Akron - Canton Regional, OH, USA

    22 May 2013

    Civil registration, N91173, cancelled.

    15 July 2014

    To Bruce D. Balough, North Canton, OH with new c/r N91173.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N91173 (NAVION, NAV4227) issued.

    23 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At 2018 AirVenture, Oshkosh, WI

    22 September 2023

    To Northern Field Partners Llc, Tullahoma, TN keeping c/r N91173.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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