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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:WP-3D Orion
    Last Military Serial:159773 USN
    Construction Number:5622
    Last Civil Registration:N42RF
    Compressed ID:Lockheed WP-3D sn 159773 USN cn 562...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Department of Commerce, Lakeland, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a WP-3D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159773.

    26 February 1976

    To United States Department of Commerce, MacDill AFB, FL with new c/r N42RF.

    4 February 1987


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N42RF, working for the U.S. Department of Commerce, at Miami, FL

    To National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    20 April 1999

    To US Department of Commerce, Tampa, FL keeping c/r N42RF.

    9 November 2007

    Involved in an incident.
    The incident occurred at Unknown while maneuvering. While maneuvering at 3000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, three of the airplanes four engines experienced compressor stalls and associated tailpipe fires. The flight crew was able to extinguish the three tailpipe fires and eventually restart the three engines. The airplane subsequently proceeded to its departure airport and landed uneventfully. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed extreme salt buildup in all four engines...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    29 August 2017

    To United States Department of Commerce, Lakeland, FL keeping c/r N42RF.

    4 April 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL.

    May 2019


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: Lockheed WP-3D N42RF at Charlotte Douglas Airport (KCLT)
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
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