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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:G18S
    Construction Number:BA-468
    Last Civil Registration:N697Q
    Compressed ID:Beech G18S cn BA-468 cr N697Q
    Latest Owner or Location:Barron Aviation Llc, Perry, MO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a G18S.

    6 November 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N697Q (G18S, BA-468) issued.

    6 November 1959

    To Beech Aircraft Corp, Wichita KS: with new c/r N697Q.

    1963

    To Ruan Inc, Des Moines IA keeping c/r N697Q.

    From 1969 to 1979

    To SMB Stage Line Inc, Des Moines IA keeping c/r N697Q.

    5 May 1969

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number FTW69A0081: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 20:25 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Tulsa Airport, Tulsa, OK. The gear collapsed during the landing rollout. Report remarks include: Mail flt. Right main gear drag leg p/n 404-188405-6, cracked at toe of weld.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    January 1983

    To Ajax Aircraft Leasing, Dover de keeping c/r N697Q.

    August 1984

    To ACE Air Cargo Express Inc, Cleveland OH keeping c/r N697Q.

    1987

    To Younkin Air Service, Springdale AR keeping c/r N697Q.

    From 1988 to 1997

    To Tamboo Trading Co, Palm Beach FL keeping c/r N697Q.

    February 1997

    To Missionary Flights (and) Services Inc, West Palm Beach FL keeping c/r N697Q.

    22 August 1997

    To Hartford Holing Corp, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N697Q.

    7 December 1999

    To Carib-Air Cargo Inc, Lantana FL keeping c/r N697Q.


    Photographer: Christer SidelovaCA
    Notes: At Lantana, Florida

    2002

    To Stevenson Randell, Wildwood, MO keeping c/r N697Q.

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N697Q (G18S, BA-468) issued.

    26 August 2010

    To Barron Aviation Llc, Perry, MO keeping c/r N697Q.

    11 August 2012

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Taylorville Municipal Airport (TAZ) Taylorville, IL, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The airplane had climbed to an altitude of about 11000 feet mean sea level (MSL) with 12 parachutists seated inside the airplane on two rear-facing aCustraddle benches. AC The airplane was flying at an indicated speed of 100 mph with the flaps retracted...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    23 July 2015

    Civil registration, N697Q, cancelled.
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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
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    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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