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    Airframe Family: Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) F Series
    Latest Model:QCF
    Construction Number:3561
    Last Civil Registration:N11481
    Compressed ID:Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) QCF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Branin Air Service Inc, Morro Bay, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1931

    Constructed as a QCF.
    WACO QCF 3561

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In HAO.

    18 December 1985

    To Branin Air Service Inc, Battle Ground, WA with new c/r N11481.

    13 August 1988


    Photographer: Earl Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at an airshow in Merced, CA.

    13 August 1988


    Photographer: Earl Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at an airshow in Merced, CA.

    Circa 27 May 1989


    Photographer: Dick Hopkins
    Notes: Photographed at an airshow in Watsonville, CA.

    By 12 October 1996

    To Branin Air Service Inc with new c/r N11481.

    12 October 1996

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Big Bear City Airport (L35) Big Bear City, CA, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that he initiated a takeoff roll in his 1931, open cockpit, wood and fabric airplane. The airplane had accelerated and climbed to about 20 feet above the runway, when the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. He abruptly retarded the engine power to terminate the flight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    28 January 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for N11481 (QCF, 3561) issued.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N11481 (QCF, 3561) issued.

    14 September 2006

    To Branin Air Service Inc, Battle Ground, WA keeping c/r N11481.

    26 February 2019

    To Branin Air Service Inc, Morro Bay, CA keeping c/r N11481.
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