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    Airframe Family: Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux
    Latest Model:OH-13E Sioux
    Last Military Serial:51-13873 US
    Construction Number:0514
    Last Civil Registration:N39WL
    Compressed ID:Bell OH-13E sn 51-13873 US cn 0514...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fargo Air Museum, Hector International Airport, Fargo, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-13E.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-13873.

    4 June 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR39WL (OH-13E, 514) issued.

    6 December 1984

    To Ronald Walters Logging Entp Inc, Guttenburg, IO with new c/r N39WL.

    3 July 1994

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Mountain View, AR, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. A helicopter with a 1 hour and 45 minute range departed with a full tank of fuel on a personal cross country flight. A power loss occurred short of the destination airport, 65 minutes after departure. An autorotation was initiated to a clearing in a rock pit. The pilot allowed the rotor RPM to decay while attempting to clear a fence across his touchdown area...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    31 July 1999

    To Edgar T. Newberg, Hector, MN keeping c/r N39WL.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR39WL (OH-13E, 514) issued.

    To Fargo Air Museum, Hector International Airport, Fargo, ND.
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