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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:H18
    Construction Number:BA-650
    Last Civil Registration:N87711
    Compressed ID:Beech H18 cn BA-650 cr N87711
    Latest Owner or Location:Planeview Aviation Services Inc, Ahoskie, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1963

    Constructed as a H18.
    Beech H-18 BA-650

    19 August 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8612M (H-18, BA-650) issued.

    19 August 1963

    To Beech Aircraft Corporation with new c/r N8612M.

    1964

    To Owensboro Aviation, Owensboro KY keeping c/r N8612M.

    1979

    To Air Kentucky Airlines, Owensboro KY keeping c/r N8612M.

    August 1981

    To John M. Walker, Kansas City MO keeping c/r N8612M.

    April 1982

    To Classic Air Inc, Norman OK keeping c/r N8612M.

    From 1983 to 1994

    To Bullfrog Inc, Owensboro KY keeping c/r N8612M.

    23 March 1994

    To Jim Hankins Air Service, Jackson MS keeping c/r N8612M.

    26 February 1996

    To Green Green Construction Company of G, Grenada, MS keeping c/r N8612M.

    13 September 2000

    To Seahorse Aviation, Rye NH keeping c/r N8612M.

    7 January 2002

    To W. J. Burdis, Coraopolis PA keeping c/r N8612M.

    22 March 2005

    To Steven Oxman, Riva, MD with new c/r N87711.

    5 April 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland FL

    15 October 2008


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Tullahomma Regional

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland FL

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland FL

    24 July 2009

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (MGY) Dayton, OH, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The airplane veered to the left and off the runway after the tailwheel touched down during landing. The pilot stated the tailwheel lock pin did not remain in the locked position. The right main landing gear collapsed and the right wing skin became wrinkled when it contacted the ground resulting in substantial damage. The pilot and three passengers were uninjured...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    28 April 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N87711.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Ahoskie, NC.

    23 June 2015

    To Planeview Aviation Services Inc, Ahoskie, NC keeping c/r N87711.

    23 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: at 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    8 September 2017


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Triple Tree Aerodrome, Woodruff SC

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8612M (H-18, BA-650) issued.

    4 January 2021

    To Planeview Aviation Services Inc, Ahoskie, NC keeping c/r N87711.

    2 October 2021

    Civil registration, N87711, cancelled.

    8 October 2021

    To Planeview Aviation Services Inc, Ahoskie, NC with new c/r N87711.


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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board

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    Terry Fletcher

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