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Airframe Family:	Beech 45/T-34 Mentor
Latest Model:	T-34B Mentor
Last Military Serial:	52-7637 USAF
Construction Number:	BG-159
Last Civil Registration:	N777SU
Latest Owner or Location:	Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a T-34B.
Circa 1952		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-7637.
8 February 1983		To Charles H Nogle, Champaign, IL with new c/r N1341.
		To Suzanne D. Parish, Hickory Coners, MI with new c/r N777SU (T-34B, BG159).
		Based at Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI. View the Location Dossier
		Markings Applied: 40825
25 September 1997		Crashed. There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Fremont Municipal Airport (3FM) Fremont, MI, United States while taking off. The airframe was destroyed. Witnesses said the surplus military trainer took off, retracted its landing gear and accelerated as it flew about 10 to 15-FEET above the runway. As it crossed the end of the departure runway it pitched up. Nearly vertical... For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.
20 December 1997		Civil registration, N777SU, cancelled.
21 May 2001		Certificate of airworthiness for N777SU (A45, G-18) issued.
21 August 2017
21 August 2017
24 January 2018		Civil registration, N777SU, cancelled.
		To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI. View the Location Dossier

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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AMCAR
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
National Transportation Safety Board

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Mike Henniger

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