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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-4/C-7 Caribou
    Latest Model:C-7A Caribou
    Last Military Serial:63-9754 USAF
    Construction Number:215
    Last Civil Registration:N2225C
    Compressed ID:deHavilland Canada C-7A sn 63-9754...
    Latest Owner or Location:Greatland Air Cargo Inc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a C-7A by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    Dehavilland C-7A 63-9754

    10 December 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 63-9754.

    January 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-9754.
    Transferred Jan 1967 to USAF under Operation Red Leaf.

    23 November 1983

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CM0010.

    5 July 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2225C (C-7A, 63-9754) issued.

    August 1990

    To J. M. Classic with new c/r N2225C.

    1993

    To Everts Air Fuel keeping c/r N2225C.

    24 April 2000

    To Greatland Air Cargo Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N2225C.

    Circa August 2000


    Photographer: Dana A.Nichols
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    29 August 2001

    Crashed.
    There were two minor injuries. The accident occurred at the Port Alsworth Airport (PALJ) Port Alsworth, AK, United States while on appoach. The damage was substantial. The captain and the first officer were landing a short takeoff and landing (STOL) cargo airplane on a private, dirt and gravel surface runway. The airplane was configured for landing with 40 degrees of flaps. During the landing approach, variations in indicated airspeed and ground speed indicated windshear conditions...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    29 April 2013

    Civil registration, N2225C, cancelled.
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