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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:52-10928 USAF
    Construction Number:4376
    Last Civil Registration:N486JB
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45H sn 52-10928 USAF cn 437...
    Latest Owner or Location:Palm Beach County Airport, Palm Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-7.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56757.

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.

    New construction number, AF-858, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10928.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9833Z.

    10 February 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9833Z (C-45H, AF-858) issued.

    1963

    To Cameron Bros Construction Co, Santee CA keeping c/r N9833Z.

    1966

    To Hawthorne MacHinery Corp, San Diego CA keeping c/r N9833Z.

    1972

    To Jimsair Aviation Service, San Diego CA keeping c/r N9833Z.

    1975

    To Jimsair Aviation Service, San Diego CA with new c/r N406JB.

    1979

    To Southwestern Aircraft Sales keeping c/r N406JB.

    July 1985

    To Condor Aviation, Tonawanda NY with new c/r N486JB.


    Photographer: James Crouse
    Notes: At Albuquerque, New Mexico

    April 1991

    To Dragon Air Inc, Amherst NY keeping c/r N486JB.

    23 February 1996

    To AAA Aviation Corp, Lancaster NY keeping c/r N486JB.

    1 February 1997

    To Phoenix Continental Corp, Miramar FL keeping c/r N486JB.

    15 April 1997

    To Hartford Holding Corp, Wilmington de keeping c/r N486JB.

    8 October 1997

    Involved in an incident.
    The incident occurred at the Orlando International Airport (MCO) Orlando, FL, United States while landing. The damage was minor. The pilot said that when he lowered the landing gear he noticed that the right main gear was not down and locked. He advised ATC of the situation and was given vectors to the west of the airport to investigate the problem. He made several attempts to correct the problem by recycling the gear handle...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    7 December 1999

    To Carib-Air Cargo Inc, Lantana FL keeping c/r N486JB.

    From 2000 to 2005

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Stripped for parts.

    14 September 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N486JB.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lafayette, IN.

    Based at Palm Beach County Airport, Palm Beach, FL.
    Survives derelict here.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N486JB (C-45H, AF-858) issued.

    5 August 2013

    Civil registration, N486JB, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lafayette, IN.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    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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