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c/n 273
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N55WE at Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Photos: Terry Fletcher © 2010 (lower) 11 June 2010
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C-GFDD looking stunning.
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Photo: John Kimberley © 1988 - Ruben Husberg Collection
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C-GFDD of Hyack Air at New Westminster, BC.
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Photo: Dave Welch © August 1988
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Photo: Patrick Martin © 15 March 1986 - Aird Archives
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N44LU with vestiges of Lake Union Air markings on tail, at Kenmore Air Harbor, WA.
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Photo: John Kimberley © Aird Archives
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N44LU at Lake Union, WA.
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Photo: Unknown photographer © October 1989 - Aird Archives
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Photo: Unknown photographer © September 1989 - Aird Archives
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Photo: Dirk Septer ©
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Photo: © Glen Etchells
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N688SF at Anchorge.
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Photo: John Kimberley © June 1979 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection
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N17392 a very plain Beaver at Douglas - Bisbee, AZ.
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Photo: John P. Stewart © 1972
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N6784L on amphibs.
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Photo: Bill Hann © Summer 1999
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Photo: Stan Smith © 18 July 2000
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N6784L at Bellingham.
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Photo: Ian M. Macdonald © June 2002
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51-16499 loving Labrador.
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Photo: Eugene Cooper © via Robin Cooper
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c/n 273
51-16499 N17392 51-16499 C-GFDD N688SF C-GFDD N44LU
N6781L
N55WE*
• Delivered 11_Jun-1952
• 51-16499 USAF • # 1087 • L-20 No: 88 • Command AF-1
• N17392 regd 1968 canc 1973
• C-GFDD regd Jul-1976
•N688SF regd Dec-1978
• C-GFDD regd 07/76 St. Andrews Airways, Winnipeg, MB
• Regd Jun-1979 • Canx 25-Apr-1989
• Noted at Campbell River seaplane base, ZCR 10-Sep-1982 Hyack Air Ltd
• Noted on wheels at Pitt Meadows, BC., 15-Jan-1983
• N44LU Lake Union Air Service Inc., Lake Union / Seattle, WA
• Regd Feb-1993 • Kenmore Air Harbor Inc., Kenmore, WA
• N6784L Res 02-Nov-1993 • Regd 07-Dec-1993
• Howard O. Mills Jr., Bellingham, WA • tt 13,570 (01-Apr-2005) • Ed Watson III, Mount Vernon, WA • Regd 18-Jan-2007 • Accident 23-Jul-2007 reported by FAA • See below • Rebuilt by Leading Edge Aircraft Service LLC., Smelterville, ID • N55WE Ed Watson III, Mount Vernon, WA • tt 13,721 (2010)
• Active •
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Accident: -Kalispell, 23-Jul-2007. While in cruise flight over a wilderness area, the engine sputtered and then lost power. The pilots attempted to restart the engine, and then began to look for a place to land. The pilot landed the airplane on a gravel/sand bar area near a river. The airplane sustained structural damage to the firewall, a wing strut, and leading edge damage to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilots reported that the oil pressure and cylinder head temperature gages were in the green prior to the event, and there was no indication that there was anything wrong. An inspection of the engine revealed that the master rod end had broken. No metal pieces were observed in either the oil filter or oil sump. Further inspection of the engine revealed that the supercharger impeller shaft bearings (blower bushing) had failed. The supercharger impeller bearings are an area that requires lubrication, and if they fail, raw oil can be pumped into the induction system, which could cause various engine problems, including detonation. NTSB Report LAX07LA238 |
