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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:44072
    Last Civil Registration:N615CA
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 44072 cr N615CA
    Latest Owner or Location:F A. Conner, Miami Springs, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    8 September 1953

    To Flying Tiger Line with new c/r N34956.

    30 November 1953

    To Northwest Orient Airlines keeping c/r N34956.

    8 June 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for N615CA (DC-6A, 44072) issued.

    1963

    To Zantop Air Transport keeping c/r N34956.

    24 May 1965

    Involved in an incident.
    The incident occurred at Altus, OK, United States.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1966

    To Universal Airlines keeping c/r N34956.

    1967

    To Boreas Corporation keeping c/r N34956.

    5 October 1967

    Crashed.
    The incident occurred at Kansas City, MO, United States.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    January 1970

    To Span East Airlines with new c/r N610SE.

    September 1971

    To Avtec Industries keeping c/r N610SE.

    From August 1972 to December 1973

    Leased to Guyana Airways.

    October 1977


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: DC-6A freighter N610SE retired and stripped for parts at Miami in October 1977

    3 October 1978

    To F A. Conner, Miami Springs, FL with new c/r N615CA.

    January 1984

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Broken up at Miami International, Florida.

    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N615CA (DC-6A, 44072) issued.

    26 April 2013

    Civil registration, N615CA, cancelled.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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