Below is a condensed version of the FAA documents on the aircraft’s CD. CDs are available online through the FAA website.
Date
Hours
Owner
Notes
03/14/31
0:00
Curtiss Wright Airplane Company
Certificated “Experimental” so Factory can do testing of improvements in design.
10/06/31
Curtiss Wright Airplane Company
New type absorbing landing gear and starter installed. (Removed from Experimental)
07/02/32
Curtiss Wright Airplane Company
New type engine mount and standard landing gear installed. All necessary changes incorporated to convert plane to CW-1.
07/31/32
Flying Associates Inc.
Robertson, Missouri
09/20/34
Jack T. Defford
P.O. Box 175
North Platte, Nebraska
09/20/34
Jack T. Defford
P.O. Box 175
North Platte, Nebraska
11/10/34
Jack T. Defford
P.O. Box 175
North Platte, Nebraska
Accident
11/30/34
Jack T. Defford
Broken Bow, Nebraska
09/27/35
Jack T. Defford
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10/14/35
Bill of sale received from Jack T. Defford to Earl Holt for airplane minus engine.
10/16/35
Letter from Earl Holt to Bureau of Air Commerce stating that he had purchased the aircraft after accident and had it rebuilt by Aircraft Mechanics Inc. in Colorado Springs Colorado. He has been unsuccessful in getting form AB 16 from Mr. Defford.
10/28/35
Earl Holt
2124 Avenue B
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Fuselage rebuilt, new motor mount, complete recover.
04/01/36
Earl Holt
808 Box Butte Avenue,
Alliance, Nebraska
Aircraft repossessed.
05/12/36
Leonard J. Lyon
15 Cheyenne Avenue
Alliance, Nebraska
10/08/36
Albert Hagedorn
Hay Springs, Nebraska
10/08/36
Albert Hagedorn
Hay Springs, Nebraska
09/28/37
Albert Hagedorn
Hay Springs, Nebraska
Certificate cancelled. Accident aircraft washed out. Death of Otto and Albert Hagedorn.