Dates

Event

Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 85499.

1963

To Calvin J. Butler, Redmond, OR with c/r N9597C.

10 June 1963

To Johnson Flying Service Inc, Missoula, MT.

Circa 1966

Certificate of airworthiness for N9597C (TBM-3E, 85499) issued.

1966

To Johnson Flying Service Inc, Missoula, MT.

By 1969

Operated as fire service #D6.

1974

Operated as fire service #A16.

November 1974

To Forrest Protection Limited with c/r C-GLEM.
Purchased by FPL for $26,820 CDN.

6 February 1975

Civil registration, N9597C, cancelled.

Operated as fire service #A6.

Operated as fire service #6.

23 May 1976

Involved in an incident.
Forced landing - piloted by Ronald Houghton and owned by FPL (out of Dunphy Airstrip) developed a drop in oil pressure and a loss of power. Part way back to Dunphy, the pilot elected to make a forced landing on Highway 123 about 4 miles south of Doaktown. The landing was successful and the aircraft was not damaged. The engine was replaced and the plane flown back to Dunphy.

August 1978

Photographer: Forest Protection Files
Notes: at Fredericton

28 May 1979

Crashed.
Owned by FPL and piloted by Robert McLean of St. Albert, Alberta, caught fire when returning empty from a spray mission and ditched in the Salmon River 10 miles northeast of Chipman. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft was considered a write-off for insurance purposes. The aircraft was removed from the river, towed to Fredericton and later Brockway Airstrip, then junked.