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History of CF-LKA, M-18L Serial #140, built 1953. |
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| 1959.03.17 | Imported by Personal Plane Services of Ottawa from Lakeside Airport Inc. of Albany, New York. |
| 1959.07.23 | Purchased by Ernest B. Colbert of Ottawa. |
| 1960.04.14 | Purchased by Frank B. Goetz of Ottawa. |
| 1960 | Owned by H.A. Bull |
| 1961.11 | Owned by F/G Lewis G. Rau, RCAF Summerside, PEI |
| 1963.03.03 | Purchased by Major Owen T. Randell, Oromocto, NB. Ferried to NB. |
| 1963.04.11 | Experienced engine failure: Left magneto impulse flyweight pivot pin found missing. DOT inspection requested. Possible tampering by RAU? AD 63-3 complied with. |
| 1963.06.07 | Cylinder block and crankcase found cracked where flyweight struck bolt. Flyweight missing. Note: oil pan was replaced by AME Sharkey at Summerside in 1962. |
| 1963.06.14 | Engine overhauled. |
| 1964.06 | LKA based at Whitehorse, YT, still owned by Randell. |
| 1965.02.11 | Randell sold a/c to Claude Young of Smith Falls, ON. |
| 1965.06.12 | Young sold a/c to Muskoka Airways of Gravenhurst, ON. |
| 1965.06.15 | Muskoka Airways sold a/c to N.A. Baldwin of Parry Sound, later Collins Bay, ON. |
| 1996.10 | Baldwin sold a/c to George S. Turton of Swan River, MB. |
| 1968.07.10 | Visual inspection by DOT: RH wing fabric torn, patched with masking tape. LH aileron hinge excessive play, C of A expired 1967.07.08 |
| 1969.02.25 | Visual inspection by DOT: RH tire cords showing, temporary repair to wing fabric, no fire extinguisher visible. |
| 0970.03.18 | Letter to Turton re C. of A. which expired July 1967. |
| 1970.06.04 | Visual inspection by DOT: RH main tire badly worn, tail plane loose, windshield cracked. |
| 1970.06.12 | Ferry permit issued for flight to Dauphin, MB. |
| 1970.06.21 | C. of A. renewed. |
| 1971.01.18 | Landing accident at Swan River: nosewheel collapsed, prop damaged. |
| 1971.03 | Unsafe report issued: aileron travel, fabric too tight on control surfaces, no vertical stabilizer inspection panel. |
| 1971.06.09 | Damage repaired by AME Harold C. Freeman. |
| 1971.06.13 | Turton reports a/c involved in accident at The Pas, MB. Pilot: Donald Watt. Undercarriage not locked down, prop damaged, belly fabric torn. |
| 1971.07.17 | Sold to Brian Tigg and Donald Watt of Swan River. |
| 1972.03 | Visual inspection by DOT at Swan River: Loose pins in tail, bad crack in fabric of RH wing. |
| 1972.08.01 | Sold to D. Geisel of Winnipeg, MB. C of A renewed on August 14. |
| 1975 | Sold by to A. Kyle of Dugald, MB. |
| 1978.10.06 | Registration cancelled, markings retained by HQ. Form reads, "Aircraft was permanently removed from further service. It will never fly again." |
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26 November, 2000