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    Airframe Family: Consolidated Fleet 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 Fawn/8/10/11/14/16 Finch/21/PT-6/N2Y
    Latest Model:16B
    Last Military Serial:4632 RCAF
    Construction Number:519
    Last Civil Registration:N41871
    Compressed ID:Fleet 16B sn 4632 RCAF cn 519 cr N4...
    Latest Owner or Location:James A. Atkinson, Bouse, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a Finch II by Fleet.

    From 7 October 1940 to 18 October 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 4632.
    With the Central Flying School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.

    Redesignated as 16B.

    15 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR41871 (FLEET 16B, 519) issued.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    July 1978

    To Delwin R. Hoffman, Kirkland, WA with new c/r N41871.

    15 June 1980

    To Clifford W. Davidson, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N41871.

    16 August 1987

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality and was one serious injury. The accident occurred at Bellevue, WA, United States while climbing. The airframe was destroyed. The pilot executed an emergency landing on a golf course after a power loss which he attributed to carburetor ice. Subsequent to the landing the aircraft was fueled with 10 gallons of automotive gasoline...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    6 October 2014

    Civil registration, N41871, cancelled.
    FAA tidy up of Register.

    5 October 2022

    To James E. Davidson, Bothell, WA keeping c/r N41871.

    15 August 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N41871.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Bouse, AZ.

    5 October 2023

    To James A. Atkinson, Bouse, AZ keeping c/r N41871.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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