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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:D18S
    Construction Number:A-0176
    Last Civil Registration:N666S
    Compressed ID:Beech D18S cn A-0176 cr N666S
    Latest Owner or Location:Gateway Air Service Inc, Mount Pleasant, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1946

    Constructed as a D18S.
    Beech D18S A-176

    20 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N666S (D18S, A-176) issued.

    19 January 1984

    To Gateway Air Service Inc, MT Pleasant, MI with new c/r N666S.

    1988


    Photographer: Brian Gilbert
    Notes: Gateway Air Service. Mt. Pleasant, Mi. Pilot, Brian Gilbert

    1988


    Photographer: Brian Gilbert

    1988


    Photographer: Brian Gilbert

    By 9 September 1994

    To Gateway Air Service of MT with new c/r N666S.

    9 September 1994

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Mt Pleasant, MI, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. While in cruise flight the airplane sustained a loss of power on both engines. The pilot-in-command stated he attempted to regain power, but was unable to do so and therefore conducted a forced landing in a field. After the accident he found that he had selected the fuel selector in the wrong position and that the airplane had suffered fuel starvation.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 May 1997

    To Gateway Air Service Inc, Mount Pleasant, MI with new c/r N666S.

    27 April 2015

    Civil registration, N666S, cancelled.
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