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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45H Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:52-10829 USAF
    Construction Number:5775
    Last Civil Registration:N618K
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45H sn 52-10829 USAF cn 577...
    Latest Owner or Location:Harolds Flying Service, Leland IL

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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 43-33437 as a T-7.

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.

    1954

    New construction number, AF-759, assigned to the airframe.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10829.

    11 July 1960

    To A P. Williams, Goleta, CA with new c/r N9477Z (C-45H, 52-10829).

    17 January 1961

    Civil registration, N9477Z, cancelled.

    By October 1961


    Photographer: Unknown

    1963

    To Laura Scudders, Anaheim CA with new c/r N246W.

    1965

    To Pet Milk Company keeping c/r N246W.

    1966

    To Jack T. Monroe, Pomona, CA keeping c/r N246W.

    1968

    To Kamar Inc, Gardena CA with new c/r N618K.

    1975

    To Panorama Air Tour Inc, Honolulu HI keeping c/r N618K.
    Markings added: 58


    Photographer: Doug Slowiak Collection

    2 July 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for N618K (C-45H, AF-759) issued.

    2 July 1986

    To Madison Aircraft Sales, Madison MN keeping c/r N618K.

    February 1989

    To Joseph E. Sladek, Omaha NE keeping c/r N618K.

    November 1990

    To Rudd Aviation, Carbondale CO keeping c/r N618K.

    June 1992

    To Harolds Flying Service, Leland IL keeping c/r N618K.

    24 January 1995

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the New Hudson Airport (Y47) New Hudson, MI, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot-in-command stated that shortly after takeoff, when the airplane was about 150 feet above the ground over a stand of trees, the left engine lost power. The pilots made a hard forced landing in a field, skidded and came to a stop against a farm building. The power loss occurred over a wooded area...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 August 1997

    To unknown owner with c/r N618K.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fort Worth, TX.

    1 January 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N618K (C-45H, AF-759) issued.

    1 January 2002

    To unknown owner with c/r N618K.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fort Worth, TX.

    24 April 2013

    Civil registration, N618K, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fort Worth, TX.
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     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
     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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