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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:170B
    Construction Number:26402
    Last Civil Registration:N2859C
    Compressed ID:Cessna 170B cn 26402 cr N2859C
    Latest Owner or Location:Glenn P. Walston, Fairbanks, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a 170B.
    CESSNA 170B 26402

    3 January 1985

    To Glenn P. Walston, Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N2859C.

    12 March 1985

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Circle City Airport (CRC) Circle, AK, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot took off at night from a snow covered runway with no runway lights. He reported that after the aircraft lifted off, he lost visual references due to the darkness. Shortly after that, the aircraft settled into alders, willow brush deep snow was substantially damaged before coming to rest...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    24 September 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2859C (170B, 26402) issued.

    18 July 2006

    To Glenn P. Walston, Fairbaks, AK keeping c/r N2859C.

    29 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Chena Marina, Fairbanks, Alaska

    25 April 2016

    To Glenn P. Walston, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N2859C.
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