Dates

Event

1945

Constructed as a C-46F-1-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY, USA.

26 September 1945

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-78772.

18 September 1947

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-78772.

10 January 1950

Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

27 September 1950

To Flying Tiger Line.

15 May 1951

Assigned civil registration: N67996

25 July 1959

To Zantop Air Transport keeping c/r N67996.

27 April 1960

To Zantop Air Transport with new c/r N614Z.

21 September 1966

To Universal Airlines keeping c/r N614Z.
Zantop renamed.

15 March 1968

To Aviation Association of Georgia keeping c/r N614Z.

1971

To Ilford Riverton Airways keeping c/r N614Z.

January 1971

To Ilford Riverton Airways with new c/r CF-ZQX.

3 June 1971

Photographer: Tim Martin
Notes: CF-ZQX at Winnipeg on 3Jun71 - Ilford-Riverton Airways first foray into the Curtiss Commando was this 1945 built C-46F which was previously with Zantop as N614Z. Acquired in Feb/71 but by Jun/72 it had moved on. Later, in the 1980s, they came back to these machines in a big way.

17 October 1972

Operated by Ilford Riverton Airways.

To Nordair keeping c/r CF-ZQX.

To Fairbanks Air Service keeping c/r CF-ZQX.

24 May 1974

Certificate of airworthiness for N800FA (C-46F, 22595) issued.

By 17 May 1975

To Fairbanks Air Service with new c/r N800FA.

17 May 1975

Involved in an incident.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number ANC75AA086: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:55 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Ice Lake Strip Airport, Barrow, AK. The flight departed was to returned to Fairbanks, AK. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. Collided with a snowbank during the landing rollout. The factors included; unfavorable wind conditions. The sky conditions were clear. The visibility was 5 or over (unlimited)...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

Repaired.

May 1978

To Coffee Point Fish Company keeping c/r N800FA.

September 1979

Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: Great Northern Airlines C-46F N800FA waiting to load freight at Fairbanks Airport in September 1979

To Atone Air Inc, TX keeping c/r N800FA.

1988

Photographer: Larry Johnson

August 1988

Seized by U.S. Marshalls for gun-running, turned over to the National Air and Space Museum.

13 August 1988

Photographer: Earl Holmquist
Notes: Photographed at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY.

13 August 1988

Photographer: Earl Holmquist
Notes: Photographed at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY.

4 October 1989

To National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC keeping c/r N800FA.

Loaned to National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY.
View the Location Dossier

Loaned to National Warplane Museum, Elmira, Horseheads, NY.
View the Location Dossier

9 October 1995

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York.

9 October 1995

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York.

March 1998

Photographer: Tom Roberts Collection
Notes: Photographed at Geneseo, NY.

Circa 2006

To Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY.
View the Location Dossier

13 May 2013

Civil registration, N800FA, cancelled.

20 August 2014

Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
Notes: This beautiful Commando is now the gate guardian of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum. A slow, painstaking restoration is underway. The C-46 was originally delivered to the US Army Air Forces as 44-78772. The previous registration, N67996, is still visible. Other registrations were N614Z and CF-ZQX.

2 July 2015

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Entrance to the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Museum, Hammondsport, NY, located at the south end of lake Keuka.

2 July 2015

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Entrance to the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Museum, Hammondsport, NY, located at the south end of lake Keuka.

2 July 2015

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Entrance to the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Museum, Hammondsport, NY, located at the south end of lake Keuka.

2 July 2015

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: This photo shows N800FA.

2 July 2015

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: This photo shows N67996 that was registered to the Flying Tiger Line in 1950 and Zantop Air Transport in 1959.

11 July 2018

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Recently re-painted and awaiting new unit markings.