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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:SNB-5 Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:12361 USN
    Construction Number:4252
    Last Civil Registration:N3785A
    Compressed ID:Beech SNB-5 sn 12361 USN cn 4252 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Whittinghill Javin, Lania, HI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNB-5.
    Beech SNB-5 12361

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 12361.

    1966

    To Trans West Trust Inc, Tucson AZ with new c/r N3785A.

    9 November 1967

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3785A (SNB-5, 12361) issued.

    1969

    To Hudgin Air Service Corp, Tucson AZ keeping c/r N3785A.

    1970

    To Buckeye Air Freight, Elyria OH keeping c/r N3785A.

    By April 1979

    To Horizon Cargo Transport Inc, Honolulu HI keeping c/r N3785A.

    September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Beech SNB-2 N3785A (c/n 4252) at Honolulu in September 1979 with Horizon Cargo Transport, showing signs of hard work carrying freight between the Hawaiian islands.

    1980

    To Swift Air Cargo, Honolulu HI keeping c/r N3785A.

    1981

    To Island Airlines Hawaii, Honolulu HI keeping c/r N3785A.

    1983

    To Polynesian Air-Ways Inc, Honolulu HI keeping c/r N3785A.

    27 October 1999

    To Whittinghill Javin, Lania, HI keeping c/r N3785A.

    October 2004


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Honolulu International Airport

    1 January 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3785A (SNB-5, 12361) issued.

    Used in TV series Lost filmed in Hawaii, as an abandoned crash wreck in a tree.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: From the TV Series - Lost

    17 April 2013

    Civil registration, N3785A, cancelled.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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