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Serial Number TTN-60
1955 - manufactured


N124N

1955 - date unknown
owner unknown
USA

dates unknown
James (Jim) Matheson
Torrance, CA, USA


N124N, shortly after becoming the first Twin Navion flagship.
(via ANS)

  • Awarded 1969 Navioneer's Flagship of the year.

  • Jim planned to experiment with the installation of two Italian turbine engines.

date unknown - October 1996
Steve Rutner
Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

October 1996 - November 2007
Raymond Ooms and Carol Ooms
Demotte, IN, USA


N124N at the Bloomsfield, IN fly-in.



N124N is seen here, as it appeared in 2005.
(R. Ooms)

  • December 2005 - advertised for sale, asking $85,000.

  • January 2007 - advertised for sale, asking $70,000.

  • September 2007 - offered for sale on eBay, starting at $59,900.

November 2007
(Name witheld)
Klamath Falls, OR, USA

November 2007 - October 2008
(Name witheld)
Livermore, CA, USA


A beautiful view of the San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, 2008.
(Name witheld)



Various views of N124N in California, 2008.
(Name witheld)
  • August 2008 - offered for sale, asking $59,500.

October 2008 - October 2009
AZ Aeromachine LLC
Wilmington, DE, USA
  • October 5, 2009 - Aircraft narrowly avoids a neighborhood and crashes into a wildlife preserve. The aircraft was destroyed in the crash and the ensueing fire, but the pilot, the sole occupant, was pulled to safety by people on the ground.

An aerial view of the crash site, October 2009.
(Fox9 News)


N124N's crash site is seen here, only a few hundred feet from a number of homes.
(Fox9 News)




Lance Smith captured these shots of N124N as its remains were
being removed from his community, October 2009. (L. Smith)


Current status: Destroyed