- Used the airframe from Navion NAV-4-2335B (N5435K).
Federal Paper Board Co., Inc.
Bogota, NJ, USA
- Modifications made to the owner's single Navion, N5435K.
- February 5, 1954 - Aircraft upgraded to 3,350lbs gross weight.
Edward Brown
Livingston, NJ, USA
- April 18, 1961 - N1776E was discovered to be incorrectly registered as N1776F.
Teterboro Aircraft Service, Inc.
Teterboro, NJ, USA
Van Don Company, Inc.
Lodi, NJ, USA
- Aircraft was sold to New Jersey Air Company one day before the plane was officially purchased from Teterboro Aircraft Service.
New Jersey Air Company
Hackensack, NJ, USA
New Jersey Air Service Company
Lodi, NJ, USA
Van Don Company, Inc.
Lodi, NJ, USA
Kent Steel Corp. of South Carolina
Anderson, SC, USA
Robert Danzi
Port Washington, NY, USA
Navionaire Inc.
Miami, FL, USA
George Genung and Diana Genung
Miami, FL, USA
Edward Miles
Miami, FL, USA
Fresh from having a new paint scheme applied, N1776E is seen in Florida.
(M. Miles)
Eugene Fagan
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
- 1973 to 1975 - Operated in Costa Rica.
- Aircraft reported as disassembled for parts.
- Eugene Fagan III writes:
"In 1973 my dad built a ranch and a 3,000 foot runway at the northern border (along the San Juan River). We flew off that grass strip many times. By 1975 there were many 'border crossings' with anti-communist rebels under commander Zero. We left in 1975. There are 'stories' of the CIA using that runway at night, after we were gone. The plane had landing gear problems on its last flight, and a prop was bent. So we left it on the runway. We returned several years later. The locals took the plane off our landing strip and placed it in the town square of a small village. It was 30 years ago when I was 18 and I am sorry but I do not remember the name of the village. They did fix the plane where it looked as if it could still fly."
owner unknown
Costa Rica
- 1976 - Reported to have suffered an accident while on approach to the airfield at Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica.
Broken, the plane's remains were moved to the owner's
residense and left in the yard. (via J. Solano)
Notice that even the propeller blades were painted red.
(via J. Solano)
Totally unexpected, Gordon Nesbitt spotted the weather beaten remains
while driving through the Costa Rican highlands. (G. Nesbitt II)
Now missing what was left of the engine cowls, this D-16's remains continue to
sit beside the road in the town of Ciudad Quesada, 2007. (J. Solano)
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