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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:H18
    Construction Number:BA-653
    Last Civil Registration:N18RW
    Compressed ID:Beech H18 cn BA-653 cr N18RW
    Latest Owner or Location:Arg Management Clemson BLVD Llc, Sandy Springs, SC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H18.

    1963

    To Youngstown Airways/Lease Air, Youngstown OH with new c/r N84D {2}.

    30 September 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for N408BK (H-18, BA-653) issued.

    30 September 1967

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC68F0222: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 22:00 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Penn Valley Airport, Selingsgrove, PA. There was a fire or explosion in flight while cruising. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. The emergency circumstances included; forced landing on a seaplane base or heliport...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1969

    To SMB Stage Line Inc, Des Moines IA with new c/r N8451.

    October 1981

    To Royal Airways, Burleson TX keeping c/r N8451.

    November 1990

    To Patricia C. Johnson, Edgewater FL keeping c/r N8451.

    1991

    To Howard Harding, Roosevelt UT keeping c/r N8451.

    7 April 1993

    To William McGrath/Island Airlines, Nantucket MA keeping c/r N8451.

    7 April 1993

    To William F. McGrath Jr, Nantucket, MA with new c/r N408BK.

    18 March 1998

    To William F. McGrath Jr, Nantucket, MA keeping c/r N408BK.

    16 July 2009

    To Woodstone Corp, Seguin, TX keeping c/r N408BK.

    14 February 2013

    To Woodstone Corp, Stockdale, TX keeping c/r N408BK.

    9 April 2018

    To Richard L. Ward, Griffin, GA keeping c/r N408BK.

    4 August 2018


    Photographer: Mark Essex
    Notes: At Northeast Florida Regional Airport (St Augustine, FL, USA)

    October 2019


    Photographer: Mark Nankivil
    Notes: At 2019 Beech Party

    15 October 2019

    To Richard L. Ward, Griffin, GA with new c/r N18RW.

    23 September 2021

    To Arg Management Clemson BLVD Llc, Sandy Springs, SC keeping c/r N18RW.

    5 April 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N18RW visiting Sun n Fun 2022, Lakeland, FL
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    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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