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    Airframe Family: Travel Air 2000 / 3000 / 4000 / 6000 Travel Air / CW-12 / CW-14
    Latest Model:C-4000
    Construction Number:1150
    Last Civil Registration:N9952
    Compressed ID:Travel Air C-4000 cn 1150 cr N9952
    Latest Owner or Location:Brett R. Mayes, Williams, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-4000.

    By 1963


    Photographer: Mr. Lowry / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

    4 December 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9952 (C-4000, 1150) issued.

    1985


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: On the ramp at Gallatin Field, Belgrade, Montana, summer, 1985.

    1985


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: On the ramp at Gallatin Field, Belgrade, Montana, summer, 1985.

    11 July 2003

    To Hample Stephen R Co-Personal Representative, Bozeman, MT with new c/r N9952.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9952 (C-4000, 1150) issued.

    27 August 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    16 February 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Davis, CA.

    28 September 2012

    To Chris J. Galloway, Davis, CA with new c/r N9952.

    27 August 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Williams, CA.

    28 October 2013

    To Brett R. Mayes, Williams, CA keeping c/r N9952.

    By 30 August 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.

    30 August 2014

    Crashed.
    There was one serious injury. The accident occurred at the Williams Gliderport Airport (CN12) Williams, CA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. A witness reported that during takeoff, the airplane reached about 8 feet above ground level, then suddenly pitched down and descended to ground contact. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed a fractured and separated elevator control tube. A viscous liquid was inside the fractured tubing...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    19 July 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Tempe, AZ.

    19 December 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Clovis, CA.

    4 June 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N9952.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Clovis, CA.
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