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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:OY-2 Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:03934 USMC
    Last Civil Registration:N31853
    Compressed ID:Convair OY-2 sn 03934 USMC cr N3185...
    Latest Owner or Location:Janis C. Johnson, Manteca, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-5E.

    1 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-17605.

    16 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 03934.
    Accepted at the factory by the USMC.

    4 April 1945

    Transferred to Marine Corps Headquarters, West Coast.
    Delivered to n delivered to.

    14 March 1949

    Converted to an OY-2 by Convair.
    Converted from the 12 volt to the 24 volt standard.

    22 May 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N31853 (L-5E, 44-17605) issued.

    9 November 1994

    To Kenyon C. Barnes, San Leandro, CA with new c/r N31853.

    21 July 1995

    Crashed.
    There were two minor injuries. The accident occurred at the Elko Municipal Airport (EKO) Elko, NV, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The student pilot made a normal landing on runway 12 when the aircraft veered sharply to the right. The instructor in the back seat took over the controls and applied left rudder with no effect. The aircraft proceeded off the runway and the instructor applied power to execute a go-around...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    17 August 1999

    To Kenyon C. Barnes, San Leandro, CA keeping c/r N31853.

    1 June 2010

    To Kenyon C. Barnes, San Leandro, CA keeping c/r N31853.

    12 October 2013


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: At Nut Tree Airport

    November 2015

    3 March 2020

    To Kenyon C. Barnes, San Leandro, CA keeping c/r N31853.

    1 May 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N31853.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Manteca, CA.

    2 June 2024

    To Janis C. Johnson, Manteca, CA keeping c/r N31853.
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