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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver AL.1
    Last Military Serial:XP780 RAF
    Construction Number:1451
    Last Civil Registration:N501J
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver AL.1 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Poma Luis Eduardo, Pinecrest, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Beaver AL.1.

    From 13 December 1960 to 29 April 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XP780.

    1 September 1961

    Transferred to 14 Flight, 656 Light Aircraft Squadron, Selator, Malaysia.

    6 April 1964

    Transferred to 30 Flight Royal Army Service Corps, Kluan.

    24 August 1964

    Transferred to To Brunei by HMS Bulwark.

    1969

    Transferred to Nepal.

    By 29 October 1970

    Transferred to 70 Aircraft Workshop, REME, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, UK.

    By 1988

    To Wipaire Inc, Inver Grove Heights, MN with new c/r N9063G.

    To Gibson Aviation Inc keeping c/r N9063G.

    April 1989

    To Beech Transportation Wayzata, MN with new c/r N501J.

    15 December 1990

    To Randall A. Wolf, Hollister, CA keeping c/r N501J.

    18 December 1996

    To Randall A. Wolf, Losgatos, CA keeping c/r N501J.

    12 May 2014

    To Diesel Acquisitions Llc, Milpitas, CA keeping c/r N501J.

    3 September 2015


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: At Sealand for maintenance

    To Hollister Municipal Airport, Hollister, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    14 September 2018


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: At Victoria, BC.

    Circa 28 May 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N501J issued.

    28 May 2019

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Hollister, CA, United States. The damage was substantial.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    22 September 2022

    To Poma Luis Eduardo, Pinecrest, FL keeping c/r N501J.
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    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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     Terry Fletcher
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