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    Airframe Family: Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar
    Latest Model:C-119C Flying Boxcar
    Last Military Serial:49-0194 USAF
    Construction Number:10431
    Last Civil Registration:N13742
    Compressed ID:Fairchild C-119C sn 49-0194 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hemet Valley Flying Serivce Co, Hemet, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-119C.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-0194.

    To Hemet Valley Flying Serivce Co, Hemet, CA with new c/r N13742.

    Circa 1 May 1978


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at Hemet Ryan (KHMT) in May 1978.

    8 July 1981

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were two fatalities. There were 5,014 hours on the airframe at the time. It was a local fire fighting flight from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA (SBA/KSBA), United States of America. The accident occurred at nr Frazier Park, CA (United States of America) while en route. Narrative: The Fairchild C-119 airtanker was dispatched from Goleta, CA at 08:57, heading for a fire burning on the Los Padres National Forest. The airtanker arrived at the fire location and was given direction for the drop by the Incident Commander (IC)...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    3 July 1984

    Civil registration, N13742, cancelled.
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