Twin piston

N450TA

1959 Beechcraft G18S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1959
Serial
BA-482
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Kestrel Inc (Corporation)
Based
West Des Moines, IA
1959 Beechcraft G18S
Representative photo of a Beechcraft G18S. Not a photo of N450TA.
Registration record

N450TA on the FAA register

Type
1959 Beechcraft G18S
Serial
BA-482
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Kestrel Inc
West Des Moines, IA
Certificate issued
2009-01-30
Airworthiness date
1959-12-22
Registration expires
2029-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A573C6
Mode S (octal)
51271706
Seats (type)
10
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2009-01-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N450TA.
  • 1959-12-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N450TA

N450TA is a 1959 Beechcraft G18S, serial number BA-482. The FAA register lists Kestrel Inc as the registrant in West Des Moines, Iowa. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 30, 2009 and expires on July 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engines and 10 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated December 22, 1959.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N450TA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N450TA.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.