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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:JRF-5 Goose
    Last Military Serial:84793 USN
    Construction Number:B-88
    Last Civil Registration:N79914
    Compressed ID:Grumman JRF-5 sn 84793 USN cn B-88...
    Latest Owner or Location:Landsberied, Bavaria

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a JRF-5.

    30 September 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 84793.

    December 1949

    To Ellis Airlines with new c/r N79914.

    By April 1962

    To Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines keeping c/r N79914.

    20 January 1964

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report for event ID 167: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 13:57 hours. The damage was substantial. Collided with wires and/or poles while on a low pass. The factors included; unwarranted low flying. Incident occurred at or near Petersburg, AK.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    20 March 1992

    To Dean H Franklin Aviation Ent Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N79914.

    20 March 1992

    To Dean H Franklin Aviation Ent Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N79914.

    June 2003

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Landsberied, Bavaria.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 May 2013

    Civil registration, N79914, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Grumman Amphibians (ISBN 978-0-85130-440-3) by Fred J Knight
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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