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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:E18S-9700
    Construction Number:BA-427
    Last Civil Registration:N171LG {2}
    Compressed ID:Beech E18S-9700 cn BA-427 cr N171LG...
    Latest Owner or Location:Avmac Air Inc

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    Dates

    Event

    1959

    Constructed as an E18S-9700.

    1961

    To Anchor Hocking Glass Corp, Lancaster PA with new c/r N2071C.

    From 24 February 1967 to 3 July 1967

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-HBE.

    13 June 1968

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9000M (E18S-9700, BA-427) issued.

    13 June 1968

    To Skagit Corp, Sedro Woolley WA with new c/r N9000M.

    1971

    To CSC Leasing Co, Seattle WA keeping c/r N9000M.

    1979

    To Stockert Flying Service, South Bend IN keeping c/r N9000M.

    Circa 1981

    To Florida Airmotive Inc, Lantana-Palm Beach FL with new c/r N171LG {2}.

    4 April 1988


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: N171LG Beech E18S at Lantana, Palm Beach, FL. 4 April 88. lost in a crash in the Atlantic in 1995 with a reported fire, the main wreckage was never found.

    1991

    To Florida Caribair Inc, Boynton Beach FL keeping c/r N171LG {2}.

    14 September 1993

    To Caribbean Leasing Corp, Orlando, FL keeping c/r N171LG {2}.

    By October 1993

    Operated by Avmac Air Inc.

    28 August 1995

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at ATLANTIC OCEAN while cruising. The airframe was destroyed. While enroute at 6000 feet, 46 miles from his destination, the pilot contacted the FAA miami flight service station and received the current weather radar data for his destination. The pilot then reported he had an emergency. When the controller requested the nature of the emergency, the pilot stated fire onboard...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    12 June 2013

    Civil registration, N171LG {2}, cancelled.
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