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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:170B
    Construction Number:25542
    Last Civil Registration:N727Z
    Compressed ID:Cessna 170B cn 25542 cr N727Z
    Latest Owner or Location:Team Alaska Llc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a 170B.
    CESSNA 170B 25542

    20 November 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N727Z (170B, 25542) issued.

    20 June 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This Cessna 170B was seen at Republic Airport, Long Island, New York in the Summer of 1977.

    27 July 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r N727Z.

    By 6 October 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r N727Z.

    6 October 1989

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Juhnnycake Airport (220) Burlington, CT, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The runway has a crown. There was crosswind from the right. After landing the airplane drifted left, but still on the runway. As it passed over the crown, the pilot saw a steel drum ahead and was unable to avoid it. The airplane struck the drum and groundlooped. The drum was placed on the runway by unknown persons to mark a pothole area of the runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    19 November 2004

    To John T. Roberts, Royal Palm Beach, FL with new c/r N727Z.

    2 December 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N727Z.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Anchorage, AK.

    24 January 2011

    To Team Alaska Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N727Z.

    18 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With an updated paint scheme at Lake Hood, AK
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