N6670 - 1952 BEECHCRAFT 3N

1952

BEECHCRAFT

3N

N6670

CA-98

Used

3876.0

Nice 7 pax leather interior + polished exterior. Beechcraft 3N CA-98 was one of the post war built Expeditors, and was assigned RCAF 2300. It also had Beech serial number A-698. The CA numbers were actually contract numbers. Taken on strength on 27 February 1952 by Training Command, and was first assigned to Station Winnipeg. There she was probably used by one of the Air Navigation Schools or Air Observer Schools there. In September 1959 2300 was lent briefly to Bristol Aircraft in Winnipeg, to prototype a new windshield defroster. Then with 2 AOS at Winnipeg in 1960, then 2 ANS at Winnipeg in 1962. Off to storage at Dunnville, Ontario on 21 November 1963. Then to Camp Borden as Instructional Airframe A 694 on 14 April 1964. To the Canadian Forces in 1967, but the plane did not receive a new serial number. Back to storage at Camp Borden on 8 January 1970. Finally transferred to the Crown Assets Disposal Corporation on 12 May 1972. Sold "complete, but not in flyable condition" along with two other ex-RCAF Twin Beech's to Warren Speed Shop of Toronto Canada on 11 October 1972. Served in the Canadian Forces from 1952 to 1972 @ 3287 hours total time. Then sold to a Lee Overture of Mena, AR. Flew just 77 hours out of Mena as N9281, then for years sat derelict in a field there. Rescued in 199, went to Springdale, AR where it was completely rebuilt and restored at 3363 hours by Mark Trimble. Extensive work included complete exterior polish, all new Ceconite recovered flight controls, new windows, new instruments and instrument panel, new brakes & flex lines, OH master cylinders, new tubes + tires, new batteries, all fuel tanks purged/cleaned/inspected, all non-rigid engine hoses replaced, new heating ducts, new cabin floorboards, spars Xrayed, Aerospace spar strap installed (STC3009WE), all deice and prop alky systems removed, aircraft weighed, new Airworthiness issued. 2001 AAA-APM Fly-in Awards: Best Beech Military, Warbird Sweepstakes, tied for Best Military Twin. US Civilian Certification: New Standard Category issued 10/8/91 @ 3363 hours Logs: Civilian Records from 1991 Airworthiness Issuance @ 3363 hrs on Annual, Oil Change, IFR: Fresh, 1/3/12 at Westport Airport, All Cylinder Compressions 78/80+ Weights (lbs): 8750 GW, 6114 EW, 1974 Fuel (152G Mains, 50G Aux's, 80G Nose) Ex RCAF "Artic Annie" N6640. Never a dedicated freighter. 410/410 SMOH. Many features, Excellent Condition.

Type: Pratt & Whitney R985-14B, 450HP, s/n's MM2198, JP2077509 Left Engine Time: 389 hours since Remanufacture by Fiat (European Pratt Facility) Torn Down, Inspected, Upgraded to 14B by Younkin 7/91, 389 hrs ago. Right Engine Time: 413 hours since Remanufacture by Pratt & Whitney of Canada Torn Down, Inspected, Upgraded to 14B by Younkin 7/91, 413 hrs ago.

Type: Hamilton Standard 22D30 s/n's 2637 & 2274 Time: 183 hours TSOH by Aircraft Accessories (1991), 14 hours Since Last Teardown and 5 Year AD by the Prop Shop (4/09)

IFR Enroute/Approach GPS: Apollo 2001 NMS #1 Communication: Bendix/King KY196A #2 Comm/Nav/GS: Bendix/King KX165 HSI: Century 360 Transponder/Encoder: Bendix/King KT76A/AR850 7 Place Intercom: NAT AA80-060 Intervox

Peterson Autogas Approved Aerospace Spar Strap (389 hrs ago) Alden Oil Drain Sump Plugs "Walking" Main Gear Full Night Lighting Full, Modern Pilot & Copilot Instruments, Modern Layout Radio Master Switch Narco ELT 10 (new battery, good to 1/14)

Outstanding all polished aluminum, in RCAF livery, matching gray painted fuselage, wing, and horizontal stabilizer bottom. Blue trim. "Artic Annie" nose art. Original antennas.

Very nice 7 place gray leather interior, gray wool carpet & headliner (1991, by Specialty Products, Conway, AR, with cert sheets). Original Cockpit Overhead "Coffee Grinder" Radio Controls. Pilot/copilot inertial reel harnesses. Original style windshields, windows cabin door. Separate aft baggage- potty room. Custom aluminum accordion folding cabin door steps. Empty radio rack storage in tailcone.