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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:NC-45J Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:67236 US
    Construction Number:4721
    Last Civil Registration:N45861
    Compressed ID:Beech NC-45J sn 67236 US cn 4721 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Walker Matthew James, Henderson, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TC-45J.

    28 June 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 67236.

    1954

    Remanufactured as a SNB-5.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as UC-45J.

    1965

    Redesignated as C-45J.

    From 1965 to 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67236.

    1965

    Converted to a NC-45J.

    3 May 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for N45861 (TC-45J, 46-7236) issued.

    From 1 July 1978 to 1984

    To School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout MO with new c/r N45861.

    March 1981


    Photographer: Charles Stewart
    Notes: NC-45J trigear N45861 (c/n 4721) at Oklahoma City in March 1981, still wearing its former US Army paint scheme

    April 1984

    To Rockingham Aviation, Bridgewater VA keeping c/r N45861.

    23 March 1985

    To Centre Airlines Inc, Reedsville, PE keeping c/r N45861.

    6 March 1989

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport (JST) Johnstown, PA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot landed the aircraft on runway 33 in imc with snow falling snow on the runway. The wind was from 050 degree a 14 knots. Subsequently, the aircraft slid off the side of the runway the nose gear failed.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    January 1994

    To Jim Hankins Air Service, Jackson MS keeping c/r N45861.

    1997

    To Polaris Aviation keeping c/r N45861.

    18 March 1998

    To Hartford Holding Corporation/Carib-Air Air Cargo keeping c/r N45861.


    Photographer: Christer Sidelov
    Notes: At Lantana, Florida

    23 August 2001

    To Joseph F. Arruda III, Laguna Beach, CA keeping c/r N45861.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N45861 (TC-45J, 46-7236) issued.

    Based at Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

    4 August 2016

    To Walker Matthew James, Henderson, NV keeping c/r N45861.

    25 August 2018

    Civil registration, N45861, cancelled.
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     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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    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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