Bureau #: 93879
Construction #:
  A-11631
Civil Registration:
  N4994V

Model(s):
  F6F-5N Hellcat
  F6F-5 Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 2005

Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 93879.
- BOC: July 2, 1945.
- SOC: N/A
- Accepted at NAS North Island NAS, CA.
Normandie Iron And Metal Company, 1959.
- Acquired from USN disposals, NAS North Island, CA.
- Total Time on airframe: 434 hrs) Edward T. Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA, 1959-1962.
- Registered as N4994V.
- Displayed in original scheme “NAVY/FASRON 4/879”.
The Air Museum, Ontario & Chino, CA, 1962-2001.
- Restored to airworthy, Ontario, CA.
- Flying by 1969.
- Damage while landing, Elsinore Dry Lake, CA, 1972.
- Repaired.
Air Museum/Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, December 12, 1973-2005.
- Flew in USN scheme as 93879/31.
- Involved in midair collision with Cessna 182H near Parker, AZ, January 11, 2003.
-- Cessna crashed, F6F landed safely (repaired).
- Destroyed in fatal accident (see below), October 8, 2005.
-- Pilot Art Vance fatally injured.

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NTSB Identification: ATL06LA003.
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14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, October 08, 2005 in Monterey, TN
Aircraft: Grumman F6F, registration: N4994V
Injuries: 1 Fatal.

HISTORY OF FLIGHT
On October 8, 2005 at 1633 central daylight time, a Grumman F6F, N4994V, registered to Air Museum, and operated by the Airline Transport Pilot, collided with power lines, fell to the ground and burst into flames during cruise flight in Monterey, Tennessee. The business flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the trip to Little Rock, Arkansas. The pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated in Sevierville, Tennessee, on October 08, 2005, at an undetermined time.