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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6G Texan
    Last Military Serial:49-3030 USAAF
    Construction Number:168-134
    Last Civil Registration:N9871C
    Compressed ID:NA T-6G sn 49-3030 USAAF cn 168-134...
    Latest Owner or Location:Taylor A. Stevenson, West Lake Hills, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-6G.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 49-3030.

    Transferred to 3565th Pilot Training Wing, Connally AFB, Waco, TX.

    Transferred to 3303rd Pilot Training Squadron, Bartow AB, FL.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9871C.

    3 February 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9871C (T-6G, 49-3030A) issued.

    July 1967

    To Richard Markgraf, Joilet, IL keeping c/r N9871C.

    By 1978

    To George D. Koren, Atlanta, GA keeping c/r N9871C.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: robert brown

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: robert brown

    Circa 4 July 1983


    Photographer: robert brown
    Notes: Visiting Gainesville, GA Cracker Fly-In.

    15 March 1987


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Lakeland, FL.

    By 2 April 1988

    To unknown owner with c/r N9871C.

    2 April 1988

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Berry Hill Airport (4A0) Stockbridge, GA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The airplane landed with the left wheel locked and subsequently nosed over during the landing roll. Post-crash exam revealed that the left wheel could not be rotated in the forward direction by hand and that it could be rotated aft by hand only with considerable effort...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    11 August 1990

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Mallards Landing Airport (GA04) Locust Grove, GA, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. Shortly after takeoff, witnesses reported that the airplane entered a steep, nose high, left turn. One witness stated that he (the pilot) honked it up and really yanked it back...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 May 1992

    To Gary Leggette, Atanta, GA keeping c/r N9871C.

    8 September 1995

    To Ray W. Kinney, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N9871C.

    Based at Gainesville Municipal Airport, Gainesville, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9871C (T-6G, 49-3030A) issued.

    13 August 2012

    To Ray W. Kinney, Gainesville, TX keeping c/r N9871C.

    5 September 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At CAF Dallas, Warbirds on Parade Air Show, Lancaster, TX

    5 September 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At CAF Dallas, Warbirds on Parade Air Show, Lancaster, TX

    20 May 2016

    To Taylor A. Stevenson, West Lake Hills, TX keeping c/r N9871C.

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Propwash Airport, TX [16X]; May 15, 2021.
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    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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