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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:E18S
    Last Military Serial:51132 USN
    Construction Number:6323
    Last Civil Registration:N38L {2}
    Latest Owner or Location:Hollywood Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-7C.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-33658.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 51132 as a SNB-2C.

    1953

    Remanufactured as a SNB-5.

    From 26 July 1965 to 1971

    To Normandie Iron and Metal Co, Goodyear AZ:.

    From July 1971 to 1975

    To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ with c/r N16008.

    April 1975

    Converted to a Westwind III by Hamilton Aircraft.
    Completed atTucson Airport: PT6A-6A turbines, extended nose,spar kit, cargo/airstair door, cargo floor, crew door, 2piece windshield.

    From 5 June 1975 to 1979

    To Lawrence C. Maxson/Maxson Aviation, Kotzebue AK.

    November 1979

    To Condor Aviation Services, MT Hope ONT.

    December 1979

    To F. G. Bradley Co Ltd/Condor Aviation Services/Condor Cargo, Mount Hope ONT with c/r C-GBLI.

    10 November 1980

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number ATL81IA014: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 18:36 hours. There was minor damage. Incident occurred at the Wood County Airport, Parkersburg, WV. The flight departed from Parkersburg, WV, with the destination Eerie, PA. Landed wheels up on touch down. Report remarks include: Remarks- no damage to any gear component. Gear came dn and lcked after a/c raised. Retraction tests chked ok.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1981

    To Interflite Aviation Service.

    1982

    Converted to an E18S.
    Rebuilt by Buckeye Air Freight, Elyria OH with E18Sraised cabin roof for increased cargo space, usingfuselage structure of CF-IKM/BA-131 above therivet line beneath the windows.

    6 January 1983

    To Keewatin Air Ltd, Rankin Inlet NWT.

    1984

    To K and K Aircraft Inc, Bridgewater VA:.

    5 May 1985


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1985 photo at Winnipeg - Originally built as part of a batch of SNB-5 Navigators for the US Navy, this Beech 18 has been modified to Hamilton Westwind III standard with turbine engines and lengthened nose. In addition the roof has been heightened to Super 18 standard. In 1989 it was badly damaged landing on gravel esker in the far north. Luckily someone from the US came to the rescue and I saw it patched up in CYWG as N38L on ferry south

    12 September 1989

    To K and K Aircraft Inc, Bridgewater VA: with c/r N38L {2}.

    24 April 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for N38L {2} (TC-45J, 51132) issued.

    6 December 2007

    To Monarch Air Group Llc, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    Based at Hollywood Airport, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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    7 February 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood, Florida, U.S.A.

    1 October 2009

    Assigned civil registration: N38L {2} (TC-45J, 51132)
    Civil registration reserved.

    14 December 2010

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN) Nassau, Bahamas. The airframe was destroyed. The foreign authority was the source of this information. On December 14, 2010, about 1442 Eastern Standard Time, a Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J, N38L, registered to and operated by Monarch Air Group, impacted ocean waters about 7 miles southwest of Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    16 July 2013

    Civil registration, N38L {2}, cancelled.


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

    Internet Sources
    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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