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    Airframe Family: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
    Latest Model:OV-10A Bronco
    Last Military Serial:155445 USMC
    Construction Number:305-056
    Last Civil Registration:N419DF
    Compressed ID:North American Rockwell OV-10A sn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-10A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 155445.

    22 September 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1V0035.

    5 February 1999

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N419DF.

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    Operated as fire service #410.

    6 September 2006

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at Porterville, CA, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. The airplane impacted rising mountainous terrain in a box-like canyon while performing mission-related low altitude aerial surveillance. The pilot was under contract to fly California Department of Forestry (CDF) personnel over an area where three fires had occurred and to search for newly developing fires...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    19 January 2018

    Civil registration, N419DF, cancelled.
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