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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28C Trojan
    Last Military Serial:140581 USN
    Construction Number:226-158
    Last Civil Registration:NX688GR
    Compressed ID:NA T-28C sn 140581 USN cn 226-158 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:John W. Mangan, Concord, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28C.

    1 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 140581.

    Transferred to TW-5, NAS Whiting Field, FL.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 5T137.

    January 1991

    To JM Classics in Aviation Inc with new c/r N581JS.

    From 7 February 1991 to 2001

    To Maryland Warbird Museum/John Strickland, White Marsh, MD keeping c/r N581JS.

    6 February 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N581JS (T-28C, 140581) issued.

    Circa 18 August 1994


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow in Batavia, NY.

    Circa 19 November 1995


    Photographer: Dr J G Handelman
    Notes: Photographed at Ocala, FL.

    17 August 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Batavia, New York.

    17 August 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Batavia, New York.

    19 February 1997

    To Maryland Warbird Museum Inc, White Marsh, MD keeping c/r N581JS.

    13 June 2002

    To Gordon B. Richardson, Caldwell, TX with new c/r N666GR.

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX666GR (T-28C, 140581) issued.

    5 April 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland FL

    14 June 2007

    To John W. Mangan, Concord, NC keeping c/r N666GR.

    14 June 2007

    To John W. Mangan, Concord, NC with new c/r N688GR.

    Markings Applied: Pussycat, 799, 766, 2S, 140581


    Photographer: Unknown

    28 July 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: EAA Airventure 2009

    12 May 2010

    Assigned civil registration: NX688GR (T-28C, 140581)

    29 July 2011


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: EAA Airventure 2011

    17 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Shepherd AFB Airshow, Martinsburg, WV

    17 September 2011

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Eastern WV Regional Airport (MRB) Martinsburg, WV, United States. The damage was substantial. After takeoff for an airshow performance, the pilot performed maneuvers consisting of a barrel roll, loop and an opposing pass with another airplane, culminating with an aileron roll. Witnesses and recorded video indicated that after the two airplanes crossed, the accident pilot began an aileron roll to the left, which degraded into a barrel roll...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    8 January 2018

    Civil registration, N688GR, cancelled.


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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