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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N486JB

N486JB is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Beech C-45H. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 5, 2013. The last status on file was "sale reported, canceled".

Beech C-45H cancelled August 5, 2013

Serial number
AF-858
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turboprop
Year built
—
Last status
Sale reported, canceled
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
September 14, 2005
Last owner
Sale Reported (Individual)
Lafayette, IN
Airworthiness
Standard

NTSB accident and incident record under N486JB

MIA98IA006Incident on October 9, 1997 at Orlando, FL: no injuries, minor damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 18 [C-45H] · serial AF-858

the failure of the landing gear chain from the main landing gear torque shaft to the nose gear box coming off the sprocket, causing the landing gear to be out of sequence between the main gear and the nose gear.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site