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    Airframe Family: Curtiss JN-4 Jenny/Canuck
    Latest Model:JN-4D Jenny
    Construction Number:3712
    Last Civil Registration:N3712
    Compressed ID:Curtiss JN-4D cn 3712 cr N3712
    Latest Owner or Location:Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a JN-4D.

    13 May 1953

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX3712 (JN4D, 3712) issued.

    By 5 August 1987

    To unknown owner with c/r N3712.

    5 August 1987

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Riverside, CA, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. During a business flight, the engine experienced a loss of engine power. The pilot made a forced landing in an open area where during the touchdown, the aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot stalled the aircraft while still several feet off the ground. The aircraft right wing dropped and the aircraft turned right before crashing in a construction site parking lot...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    17 March 1999

    To Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue, WA keeping c/r N3712.

    12 May 2004

    To Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N3712.

    Based at Flying Heritage Collection/Paul Allen, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX3712 (JN4D, 3712) issued.

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    To Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    3 March 2023

    To Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA keeping c/r N3712.
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