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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-47B-20-DK
    Last Military Serial:12907 CAF
    Construction Number:15742
    Last Civil Registration:N577PT
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-20-DK sn 12907 CAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH

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    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 27187, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49926.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN258.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 12907.

    14 June 1972


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1972 photo taken at Winnipeg - Allocated to the RAF in 1945, this Douglas DC-3 was transferred to the RCAF after WW-II. Here it is being used in the SAR role. In 1983 it was civilianized and sold to Air Inuit, but a year later it went to the US where it now wears the appropriate registration N12907

    Civil registration A-754 reserved but not taken up.

    9 August 1991

    To Fleming Corp, Nashua, NE with new c/r N92BF (DC3, 27187).

    To unknown owner with c/r N12907.

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

    17 March 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N12907 (DC3, 27187) issued.

    By 26 September 2000

    To Saber Cargo Airlines keeping c/r N12907.

    26 September 2000

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. There were 17,425 hours on the airframe at the time. The ferrying/positioning flight departed Anderson Airport, SC (AND/KAND), United States of America and was destined for Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT), United States of America. The accident occurred at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT) (United States of America) while landing. The airframe was damaged beyond repair. Narrative: A Douglas C-47B, registered N12907, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT), North Carolina...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    2 December 2003

    To First Flight Out Inc, Charlotte, NC keeping c/r N12907.

    Based at Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, NC.
    View the Location Dossier

    5 May 2015

    Civil registration, N12907, cancelled.

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N12907 (DC3, 27187) issued.

    31 January 2020

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH with new c/r N12907.

    13 September 2021

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH with new c/r N577PT.


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