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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Tradewind
    Last Military Serial:51-11851 USAF
    Construction Number:5953
    Last Civil Registration:N11DA
    Compressed ID:PacAero Tradewind sn 51-11851 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-7.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-33498.

    Remanufactured as a C-45G.

    New construction number, AF-408, assigned to the airframe.

    Converted to a C-45H.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-11851.

    1965

    To Aero American Corp, Tucson AZ with new c/r N9859Z.

    1966

    To Pacific Airmotive Corp, Burbank CA keeping c/r N9859Z.

    Converted to a Tradewind by PacAero.

    1 January 1969

    To Pacific Airmotive Corp, Burbank CA with new c/r N11DA.

    1972

    To Sky Train Inc, Chicago IL keeping c/r N11DA.

    9 April 1972

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number CHI72AC080: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 22:45 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Tri-city Airport, Freeland, MI. The flight departed from Chicago, IL, with the destination Freeland, MI. Collided with a snowbank while taxiing from landing. The factors included; airport conditions were a factor. Report remarks include: Beech tradewind. Pilot failed to use taxi light...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1974

    To Crosswind Aviation keeping c/r N11DA.

    1979

    To Santa Fe Air Service, Hooper Bay, AK keeping c/r N11DA.

    November 1981

    To Delta Air Service, Fairbanks AK keeping c/r N11DA.

    September 1987

    To Sheridan Sky Sports, Sheridan OR keeping c/r N11DA.

    4 March 1996

    To Teddy E. Mayfield, Sheridan OR keeping c/r N11DA.

    2 February 1999

    To Cameron Stahl Inc, North Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N11DA.

    14 April 2000

    To Ronald D. Rosso/Denali Air, Denali Park AK keeping c/r N11DA.

    10 May 2006

    To Miles S. France, Wasilla, AK keeping c/r N11DA.

    23 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska

    16 February 2014

    To Miles S. France, Wasilla, AK keeping c/r N11DA.

    20 March 2018

    Civil registration, N11DA, cancelled.

    Based at Merrill Field, Anchorage, AK.
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    20 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N11DA minus outer wings and engines at a silent corner of Merrill Field, Anchorage, AK
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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