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    Airframe Family: Aeronca 50/65 / L-3 Champion / LNR / O-58 / TG-5 / TG-33
    Latest Model:O-58B Grasshopper
    Last Civil Registration:N52354
    Compressed ID:Aeronca O-58B cr N52354
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Norfolk

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as an O-58B.
    AERONCA 0-58B 0-58B8513

    26 May 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52354 (0-58B, 0-58B8513) issued.

    By 5 July 1975

    To unknown owner with c/r N52354.

    5 July 1975

    Crashed.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number IAD76AI001: There were 2 fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:56 hours. The airframe was destroyed. Incident occurred at the Pikeville Airport, Pikeville, KY. This was a local flight from Pikeville, KY. The engine failed or malfunctioned during the initial climb. Stalled and/or mushed during the initial climb. There was a partial power loss with the failure of one engine. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 November 1984

    To James A. Batty Sr, Chillicothe, OH with new c/r N52354.

    15 January 1997

    To James A. Batty Sr, Chillicothe, OH with new c/r N52354.

    9 September 2009

    To Judith A. Cirone, Louisville, OH keeping c/r N52354.

    15 June 2011

    To EAA Chapter 147, Akron, OH with new c/r N52354.

    7 July 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N52354.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Elkhart, IN.

    27 February 2015

    To Brett A. Schuck, Elkhart, IN keeping c/r N52354.

    26 July 2016

    To Historic Flights Foundation Inc, Kokomo, IN keeping c/r N52354.

    28 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    25 August 2017

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bungay Suffolk keeping c/r N52354.

    17 August 2018

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Norfolk keeping c/r N52354.

    2 September 2020

    To unknown owner with c/r N52354.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Aardenburg.

    5 June 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N52354.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Aardenburg.
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