c/n 617

N67683 at Renton, WA.

N67683 undergoing maintenace at Renton, WA.

Note Beaver hatching in background.

Close up below . . . it is an unknown airframe to me.

September 1995

Photo: Ian Wilson © 08 July 1998

N67683 (3) in the Renton sunlight.

Photo: Chuck Stewart © September 1994

N21LU at Nanaimo, British Columbia.

c/n 617

53-2819 N5317G N21LU N67683 (3)

N726P*

• Delivered 26/03/54

• 53-2819 US ARMY

• # 1362 • L-20 No: 363 • Command A-4

• N5317G Willow Air Service, AK • Canx 03/92

• Crashed 26/09/85, one mile west of the summit of Merrill Pass, AK • 3K

• N21LU was listed on USCAR with c/n 6617 and still is as current , rebuilt 1989 ?

• Lake Union Air Service Ltd., Lake Union, WA

• N21LU to Northwest Seaplanes in wrecked condition for rebuild

• N67683 reserved 03/04/93 Regd 16/03/93 ?

• Rregd N67683 (3) 08/93 Northwest Seaplanes Inc., Renton, WA

• N726P regd 07/99

• Active •

See next page for May 2001 image of N726P

Accident report:• ANC85FA184 THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN IN A MOUNTAIN PASS AT AN ELEVATION OF 3600 FT MSL. THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING AT 1329 GMT ON 9/26/86 AT WHICH TIME MERRILL PASS WAS FORECAST TO BE CLOSED BY 1100 ADT DUE TO DETERIORATING WX. THE LAST RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ACFT WAS AT 1803 GMT WHENCONTACT WAS MADE WITH MCGRATH FSS. AT THIS TIME THE PLT MADE A PLT REPORT STATING THE WX AT MERRILL PASS WAS MARGINAL; 2 MILES VIS WITH SNOW AND OCCASIONAL MODERATE TURBULENCE. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON 6/29/85 AND INDICATED THE ACFT CONTACTED THE TERRAIN IN A RELATIVELY LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH CONSIDERABLE AIRSPEED