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    Airframe Family: Aero L-39 Albatros
    Latest Model:L-39C Albatros
    Last Military Serial:142 white KyADF
    Construction Number:432942
    Last Civil Registration:N6175C
    Compressed ID:Aero L-39C sn 142 white KyADF cn 43...
    Latest Owner or Location:Momentum Foundation Inc, Tullahoma, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-39C.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily with s/n 142 white.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Kyrgyzstan Air and Air Defense Force with s/n 142 white.

    30 June 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX6175C issued.

    Circa 11 April 1999


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the EAA Air Show at Lakeland, FL.

    9 August 2002

    To L-39 Llc, Everett, WA with new c/r N6175C.

    To Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    9 August 2002

    To L-39 Llc, Kirkland, WA keeping c/r N6175C.

    25 July 2005


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: BLR Aerospaces flight test chase plane at Everett, WA

    9 December 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX6175C (L-39, 432942) issued.

    29 April 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX6175C (L39C, 432942) issued.

    19 May 2010

    To L-39 Llc, Monroe, WA keeping c/r N6175C.

    24 May 2010


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: Taxiing in after flying chase on a flight test at Mojave CA

    10 May 2011

    To Momentum Foundation Inc, Tullahoma, TN keeping c/r N6175C.

    21 June 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX6175C (L39C, 432942) issued.

    28 May 2015

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Grand Junction, CO, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. According to the pilot, while flying over a river at an altitude of about 100 feet above water and ground level, at 250 knots, the airplane impacted unmarked power line wires that spanned the river. The power line wires are clearly identified on the Visual Flight Rules Sectional Aeronautical Chart. The pilot immediately established a climb and returned to the airport without further incident...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    World Air Forces Directory by Ian Carroll
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    National Transportation Safety Board
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