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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:G18S
    Construction Number:BA-549
    Last Civil Registration:N876U
    Compressed ID:Beech G18S cn BA-549 cr N876U
    Latest Owner or Location:Sair Aviation/Sair Air Freight, Syracuse NY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a G18S.

    1960

    To unknown owner with c/r N299GA.

    1963

    To Pure Oil Co, Palatine IL with new c/r N37P.

    From 1969 to 1972

    To Jim Hankin Air Service, Jackson MS with new c/r N876U (G18S, BA549).

    1979

    To Brennan Air Freight Inc, Clintonville WI keeping c/r N876U.
    Markings added: City of Wasau


    Photographer: Larry Green

    By 1 January 1980

    To Sair Aviation/Sair Air Freight, Syracuse NY keeping c/r N876U.

    24 October 1983

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Hancock Airport (SYR) Syracuse, NY, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. Shortly after lift-off, at 25-50 feet above ground level the gear extended, the aircraft began a gradual roll to the right. The pilot appliedfull left aileron but was unable to correct the roll. The pilot sensed a rapidly deteriorating situation decided to abort the takeoff. The aircraft crashed on an adjacent taxiway all gear collapsed...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.


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    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
    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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