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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4K Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:157914 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N140EM
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4K sn 157914 USN cr N140...
    Latest Owner or Location:Draken International Llc, Lakeland, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4K.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 157914.

    5 December 2012

    To Jdi Holdings Llc, Lakeland, FL with new c/r N140EM.

    1 March 2013

    To Draken International Inc, Lakeland, FL keeping c/r N140EM.

    Operated by Draken International, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, FL.
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    27 August 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX140EM (TA-4K, 157914) issued.

    10 September 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX140EM (TA-4K, 157914) issued.

    15 September 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX140EM (TA-4K, 157914) issued.

    10 August 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX140EM (TA-4K, 157914) issued.

    18 August 2016

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at the Nellis AFB Airport (LSV) Las Vegas, NV, United States while on appoach. The airframe was destroyed. On August 18, 2016, about 0739 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Douglas T4-4K, N140EM was destroyed when it collided with the ground following a reported loss of engine power shortly after entering the traffic pattern at Nellis Air Force Base (LSV) Las Vegas, Nevada...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV.
    Survives here as wreckage.
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    27 June 2019

    To Draken International Llc, Lakeland, FL keeping c/r N140EM.

    4 March 2021

    Civil registration, N140EM, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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