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    Airframe Family: Beech 45/T-34 Mentor
    Latest Model:T-34A-BH Mentor
    Last Military Serial:55-0232 USAF
    Construction Number:G-789
    Last Civil Registration:N557DB
    Compressed ID:Beechcraft T-34A-BH sn 55-0232 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Blackwell Daniel, Englewood, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a T-34A-BH by Beechcraft at Wichita, KS.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0232.

    18 May 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N557DB (A45, G-789) issued.

    From By 1977 to 1979

    To Confederate Air Force Falcons with new c/r N16JL.
    Based in the UK.

    12 May 1987

    To Kris E. Cox, McCall, ID with new c/r N234KC.

    19 February 1997

    To Kris E. Cox, Groveland, CA keeping c/r N234KC.

    28 September 2003

    Crashed.
    There were two serious injuries. The accident occurred at the McCall Municipal Airport (MYL) McCall, ID, United States while on appoach. The damage was substantial. Upon returning to the airport after a local flight, the pilot sequenced himself into the traffic pattern behind an Aviat Husky that was following a De Havilland Beaver. Just after he rolled out on final with his gear down and his flaps retracted for a no-flap landing, the pilot noticed that the Beaver was pulling off of the runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    7 April 2017

    Civil registration, N234KC, cancelled.

    3 January 2018

    To Blackwell Daniel, Irwin, PA with new c/r N234KC.

    29 April 2019

    To Blackwell Daniel, Irwin, PA with new c/r N557DB.
    Operated with markings: 5232, DB, 32

    April 2021


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Sun N Fun, Lakeland, Florida

    1 January 2023

    To Blackwell Daniel, Englewood, FL keeping c/r N557DB.

    14 April 2023

    To Blackwell Daniel, Englewood, FL keeping c/r N557DB.
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