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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1A Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-4919 US
    Construction Number:21811
    Last Civil Registration:N5209G
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 51-4919 US cn 21811...
    Latest Owner or Location:Brian J. Flax, Germantown, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a L-19A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1951

    Accepted by the USAF for transfer to the Army.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-4919.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    15 August 1971

    Last report by the Army.

    By January 1972

    To Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol, Maxwell AFB, AL with new c/r N5209G.

    13 January 1972

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5209G (305A, 21811) issued.

    Fitted with floats.

    By 7 July 1975

    To unknown owner with c/r N5209G.

    7 July 1975

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number MKC76F0R04: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:18 hours. The damage was substantial. This was a local flight from Waseca, MN. The engine failed or malfunctioned during the initial climb. Collided with the crop on touch down. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land. Report remarks include: Engine quit after takeoff from lake...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 30 July 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r N5209G.

    30 July 1989

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Moyer Airport Chalfont, PA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. Shortly after takeoff from a private field, the aircraft engine lost power and the aircraft was landed in a soy bean field where it nosed over. An engine check was made and no mechanical discrepancies were found. The philadelphia temperature and dew point were 72 degrees and 59 degrees, respectively.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By October 1991

    Markings Applied: 62610
    Marked as O-1E 56-2610, which was shot down in Vietnam.

    3 January 1998

    To Brian J. Flax, Germantown, TN keeping c/r N5209G.

    24 July 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    24 July 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5209G (305A, 21811) issued.

    14 September 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA
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