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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:L-19E Bird Dog
    Construction Number:24562
    Last Civil Registration:N4431F
    Compressed ID:Cessna L-19E cn 24562 cr N4431F
    Latest Owner or Location:Kenneth W. Oneill, Villa Park, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-19E.

    15 September 1983

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4431F (L-19E, 24562) issued.

    By April 1995

    Markings Applied: US ARMY, 14732

    2 April 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Patrick AFB Open House Florida

    19 November 1997

    To James M. Mitton, Merritt Island, FL with new c/r N4431F.

    13 November 2002

    To T and R Sea Air Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N4431F.

    23 February 2012

    To Chad D. Parrott, Paris, TX keeping c/r N4431F.

    1 September 2012

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Lancaster Regional Airport (LNC) Lancaster, TX, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that he landed the tailwheel-equipped airplane on the main wheels and upon slowing to about 20 mph, lowered the tailwheel to the runway. The airplane veered to the right and the pilot attempted to control the direction by applying the left brake...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    22 October 2012

    To Brian I. Hague, Fredericksburg, TX keeping c/r N4431F.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4431F (L-19E, 24562) issued.

    28 January 2019

    To Hague Brian Ian, Fredericksburg, TX keeping c/r N4431F.

    22 November 2022

    To Hague Brian Ian, Saint George, UT keeping c/r N4431F.

    6 May 2023

    To Kenneth W. Oneill, Villa Park, CA keeping c/r N4431F.

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: L-19E with Bird Dog title at Oshkosh, WI

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Disneys Pluto as nose art on Bird Dog N4431F, Oshkosh, WI
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