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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:H18
    Construction Number:BA-618
    Last Civil Registration:N779T
    Compressed ID:Beech H18 cn BA-618 cr N779T
    Latest Owner or Location:Tol Air Services, San Juan, PR

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1962

    Constructed as a H18.

    6 September 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for N779T (H-18, BA-618) issued.

    1963

    To Louisiana State Rice Milling Co, Abbeville LA with new c/r N925K.

    1966

    To Trunkline Gas Co, Houston TX with new c/r N220T.

    20 April 1967

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number FTW67F0581: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 19:41 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the William P Hobby Airport, Houston, TX. Landed wheels up on touch down. The factors included; failed to use the miscellaneous aircraft conditions checklist.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1969

    To Trunkline Gas Co, Houston TX with new c/r N2209.

    1969

    To Wiles-Holloway Inc, Baton Rouge LA with new c/r N220WH.

    1978

    To Clifford A. Marlatt/Sky Castle Aviation, New Castle IN keeping c/r N220WH.

    May 1986

    To Hogan Air Inc, Hamilton OH keeping c/r N220WH.

    23 May 1990

    To Tol Air Inc, San Juan Puerto Rico with new c/r N779T.


    Photographer: Larry Green

    8 February 1999

    To MBD Corp, San Juan, PR keeping c/r N779T.

    March 1999

    Operated by Tol Air Services, San Juan, PR.

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N779T (H-18, BA-618) issued.

    By 2012

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Noted stripped at San Juan.


    Photographer: James Siragusa
    Notes: At San Juan

    24 January 2018

    Civil registration, N779T, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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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
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
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