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    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:GB-2 Traveler
    Last Military Serial:01631 USN
    Construction Number:1020
    Last Civil Registration:N79091
    Compressed ID:Beech GB-2 sn 01631 USN cn 1020 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid Continent Instrument Co Inc, Wichita, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    September 1941

    Constructed as a GB-2.

    26 September 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 01631.

    Transferred to Glenview NRAB/NAPT, IL.

    Transferred to Point Mugu NAS/ACORNTRADOT, CA.

    Transferred to Unit 33, Los Alamitos NAS/PCAS, CA.

    30 August 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    17 January 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N79091 (D17S, 1020) issued.

    1963

    To Pete Dean (and) Jack Raines, Inglewood, CA with new c/r N79091.

    10 September 1967

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX68D0120: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:25 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Lincoln Airport, Yucaipa, CA. The aircraft overran the end of the runway on touch down. The aircraft nosed over during the landing rollout. The factors included; airport conditions were a factor. Report remarks include: Pilot struck soft sand off end of downhill rwy.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    From 1968 to 1970

    Restored.
    Rebuilt at Eagle, CO.

    1971

    To NW Drilling, Scott City, KS keeping c/r N79091.

    1973

    To John T. Henry, Fort Collins, CO keeping c/r N79091.

    1 January 1981

    To Eastport Enterprises Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N79091.

    1989

    To John T. Henry, Pierce, CO keeping c/r N79091.

    1991

    To W. Sims keeping c/r N79091.

    1 September 2004

    To NC79091 Inc, Red Lodge, MT keeping c/r N79091.

    17 April 2012

    To Mid Continent Instrument Co Inc, Wichita, KS keeping c/r N79091.

    28 September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Flabob Airport, Riverside, California, United States

    18 June 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hollister Air Show at Hollister, California.

    18 June 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hollister Air Show at Hollister, California.

    11 December 2017

    To Mid Continent Instrument Co Inc, Wichita, KS keeping c/r N79091.

    25 May 2018

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at Santa Fe, NM, United States. The damage was substantial. On May 25, 2018, about 1342 mountain daylight time (all times referenced as mountain daylight time), a Beech D17S single-engine airplane, N79091, impacted terrain near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    31 July 2021

    Civil registration, N79091, cancelled.


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