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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:MiG-17
    Last Military Serial:0704 PLAAF
    Construction Number:0704
    Last Civil Registration:N306DM
    Compressed ID:Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 sn 0704 PLA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Oregon Air (and) Space Museum, Eugene

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MiG-17.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 0704.
    True Chinese serial unknown.

    24 August 1991


    Photographer: unkown

    16 July 1992

    To Yak Attack Inc, Lake Oswego, OR with new c/r N306DM.

    30 July 1992


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: At Red Deer, AB

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Robert Dias
    Notes: Photographed at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport in Truckee, CA.

    1 March 1994

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Aurora State Airport (3S2) Aurora, OR, United States while climbing. The damage was substantial. Immediately after takeoff, the pilot experienced an explosion in the tail of the MIG-17T. He returned to the field and the fire was extinguished by the fire department. Inspection revealed that an aluminum fuel line in the aft section had experienced metallurgical failure...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 May 1994

    Civil registration, N306DM, cancelled.

    Circa 1998

    To Oregon Air and Space Museum, Mahlon Sweet Field (EUG), Eugene, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Oregon Air (and) Space Museum, Eugene.
    Displayed outside the Museum (the damage can still be seen in the back of the aircraft).

    3 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Thorsten Ruchel
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