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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:M-62CF-23A
    Last Civil Registration:N1131Z
    Compressed ID:Fairchild M-62CF-23A cr N1131Z
    Latest Owner or Location:Texas Air Museum, Slaton, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a M-62CF-23A.

    17 November 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR1131Z (M62C F-23A, 9) issued.

    10 July 2002

    To Telefilm Inc, Culver City, CA with new c/r N1131Z.

    20 December 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX1131Z (M62C F-23A, 9) issued.

    27 March 2012

    To Brown Russell, League City, TX keeping c/r N1131Z.

    27 March 2012

    To Brown Russell, Lebanon, TN keeping c/r N1131Z.

    7 July 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX1131Z (M62C F-23A, 9) issued.

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR1131Z (M62C F-23A, 9) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2017

    To Telefilm Inc, Culver City, CA keeping c/r N1131Z.

    23 February 2018

    To Brown Russell, Lebanon, TN keeping c/r N1131Z.

    By 23 March 2018

    Operated by Texas Air Museum-Caprock Chapter, Slaton Municipal Airport, Lubbock, TX.
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    23 March 2018

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Columbia, TN, United States. The damage was substantial. On March 23, 2018, about 1610 central daylight time, a Fairchild Funk M62C F-23A, N1131Z, operated by the Texas Air Museum, was substantially damaged after a loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing in a field near Columbia, Tennessee. The private pilot was not injured. The flight was operated in accordance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    24 April 2018

    To Texas Air Museum, Slaton, TX keeping c/r N1131Z.
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