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    Airframe Family: Aeronca 50/65 / L-3 Champion / LNR / O-58 / TG-5 / TG-33
    Latest Model:O-58B Grasshopper
    Construction Number:058B-8212
    Last Civil Registration:N47503
    Compressed ID:Aeronca O-58B cn 058B-8212 cr N4750...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jeffrey A. Beckman, Temecula, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as an O-58B.

    24 May 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N47503 (0-58B, 058B-8212) issued.

    16 October 1992

    To Lewis L. Purkey, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N47503.

    18 November 1998

    To Lewis L. Purkey, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N47503.

    21 November 2005

    To Obbie O. Atkinson, Paso Robles, CA keeping c/r N47503.

    28 September 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N47503.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Newport Beach, CA.

    29 October 2009

    To Jeffrey B. Wells, Newport Beach, CA keeping c/r N47503.

    Based at Estrella Warbird Museum, Paso Robles Municipal Airport, Paso Robles, CA.
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    3 February 2011

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality and was one minor injury. The accident occurred at San Luis Obispo, CA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The airplane was in cruise flight at 3500 feet mean sea level when the engine lost power. The pilot restarted the engine and it ran for about 20 seconds before again losing power. He applied carburetor heat, but the cycle of losing power and restarting for a few seconds occurred several times...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 February 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N47503.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Temecula, CA.

    11 March 2013

    To Jeffrey A. Beckman, Temecula, CA keeping c/r N47503.

    7 October 2015

    To Jeffrey A. Beckman, Temecula, CA keeping c/r N47503.
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