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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118B Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:131609 USN
    Construction Number:43712
    Last Civil Registration:N451CE
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118B sn 131609 USN cn 437...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tatonduk Outfitters Limited

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    1 May 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131609.

    May 1958


    Photographer: Life Magazine

    June 1962

    Redesignated as C-118B.

    May 1981

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona.

    May 1990

    To CE Aviation Resources with new c/r N840CS.

    December 1990

    To Everts Air Fuel keeping c/r N840CS.

    15 January 1991

    To Clifford R. Everts, Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N451CE.

    April 1993

    To Clifford R. Everts, Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N451CE.

    5 May 2000


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: At Fairbanks, Alaska

    27 June 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N451CE (C-118A, 43712) issued.

    10 December 2008

    To Everts Air Fuel Inc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N451CE.

    15 July 2009


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: First flight after overhaul and re-paint in this stunning new scheme - at Snohomish County (Paine Field) Airport, WA

    Based at Everts, Fairbanks, AK.
    View the Location Dossier

    6 March 2015

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Limited, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N451CE.

    By 1 August 2019

    To Everts Air Cargo with new c/r N451CE.

    By 1 August 2019

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Limited with new c/r N451CE.

    1 August 2019

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Candle 2 Airport (AK75) Candle, AK, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. On August 1, 2019, about 1400 Alaska daylight time, a Douglas C-118A (DC-6A) airplane, N451CE, sustained substantial damage while landing at Candle 2 Airport (AK75), Candle, Alaska...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 1 August 2019

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Limited with new c/r N451CE.

    1 August 2019

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Candle 2 Airport (AK75) Candle, AK, United States while landing. The damage was substantial.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 August 2019

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. There were 42,037 hours on the airframe at the time. The cargo flight departed Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America and was destined for Candle 2 Airport, AK, United States of America. The accident occurred at Candle 2 Airport, AK (United States of America) while landing. Narrative: Everts Air Cargo Flight 25, a Douglas C-118A Liftmaster, N451CE, was substantially damaged when it struck a berm and damaged the landing gear while inbound to land in Candle, Alaska...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    16 December 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N451CE.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fairbanks, AK.

    11 February 2020

    To unknown owner with c/r N451CE.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fairbanks, AK.


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