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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:PA-18-150
    Construction Number:18-7850
    Last Civil Registration:N3965Z
    Compressed ID:Piper PA-18-150 cn 18-7850 cr N3965...
    Latest Owner or Location:James E. Harmon, Eagle River, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a PA-18-150 by Piper.

    By 10 August 1965

    To unknown owner with c/r N3965Z.

    10 August 1965

    Crashed.
    The incident occurred at Lysite, WY, United States.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    11 April 1967

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3965Z (PA-18-150, 18-7850) issued.

    By 9 January 1972

    To unknown owner with c/r N3965Z.

    9 January 1972

    Crashed.
    The incident occurred at Lovelock, NV, United States. The time was 1340 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Derby Fld Airport. The aircraft nosed over while aborting takeoff. The factors included; rough uneven terrain. Report remarks include: First supervised solo. Aircraft veered l, abrtd tkof, un to stop before end of runway, nsd over in rough trrn.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    9 May 1974

    Crashed.
    The incident occurred at Echo, OR, United States.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    20 December 1985

    To Michael S. Sizelove, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N3965Z.

    4 January 1995

    To Michael S. Sizelove, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N3965Z.

    10 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    14 September 2018

    To James E. Harmon, Eagle River, AK keeping c/r N3965Z.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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