Bay Super V
Specific aircraft

Bay Super V

Section Title: Specific aircraft
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Super-V S/N	Beech S/N	Built	Converted	Destroyed	Final Registration	Other Reg	Notes

SV101	D-1640	June 1948	January 1959	July 5, 1966	N617B	This is the plane which successfully circumnavigated the globe in 1960. Subsequently, rebuilt into SV116.

SV102	D-1982	1949	September 14, 1960	N8409A	Destroyed during a September 14, 1960 demonstration crash near Brighton, Colorado.

SV103	D-1249	1948	August 12, 1961	N4442V	NC4442V	Registered to Southland Aviation (a Bay Aviation distributor), and subsequently crashed on August 12, 1961 near Ardmore, Oklahoma. Both SV102 and SV103 were known to be lost by the time production shifted to Fleet/Canada in 1962.

SV104	D-1731	1948	July 1961	April 28, 1968	N104SV	N104S	Substantially damaged in a nonfatal April 28, 1968 accident in California during a wheels-up landing due to mechanical failure of the nose gear.

SV105	D-1479	April 1948	N549B	NC462B, N57W	Damaged in a nonfatal April 11, 1964 accident in Maryland during a wheels-up landing due to pilot error. In 1965, registry number N549B was issued to airframe serial number D-1479.

SV106	D-1356	1948	March 1961	N4530V	NC4530V	Under private ownership. It sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on May 22, 1973.

SV107	D-1538	May 1948	March 1961	April 11, 1973	N514B	NC514B	Destroyed in a fatal April 11, 1973 crash in Texas; after one engine failed, the pilot lost control while trying to avoid power lines.

SV108	D-2250	February 1950	June 1961	November 16, 1971	N430MD	N8723A	Destroyed in a fatal November 16, 1971 crash in New Hampshire, when both engines failed upon fuel starvation. The crash was attributed to pilot error (not multi-engine rated, fuel mismanagement).

SV109	D-549	July 1947	January 18, 1962	N3124V	NC3124V	Owned by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. Harold Bost purchased N3124V from the Oregon Aviation Museum, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and donated it to Bonanza Baron Museum in October, 2004.

SV110	N/A	Number not used.

SV111	N/A	Number not used.

SV112	D-1243	1948	February 19, 1976	N2115K	NC4438V, N4438V, N177M, N249C, N68JS	Destroyed in a fatal February 19, 1976 crash in Mississippi precipitated by a stall during evasive maneuvers.

SV113	D-1569	1948	September 1961	N551B	NC551B	It was profiled in EAA Sport Aviation and may be the last Super-V to be converted in California, as this serial number is specifically excluded from the Fleet type certificate.

SV114	D-1388	March 1948	November 1963	1976?	N4559V	NC4559V	Presumed not airworthy in 1976, deregistered in 2013.

SV115	D-422	1947	March 1963	May 30, 1975	N772MD	NC3018V, N1T, N9935R, N147V	Sustained substantial damage in a nonfatal February 26, 1964 crash in Maryland, caused by deflation of the nosewheel strut. It was subsequently damaged in a nonfatal March 29, 1975 collision with fenceposts and later that year destroyed in a fatal May 30, 1975 crash in Omak, Washington.

SV116	D-1640	June 1948	October 1963	July 5, 1966	N174SV	N617B	Rebuilt from SV101; it was destroyed in a fatal July 5, 1966 crash in Pennsylvania, precipitated by a stall.

SV117	D-1474	1948	March 1963	1981?	N457B	NC457B	Deregistered in 1981 and presumed scrapped.

Sentence(s)

Super V N617B, in 1960, completed a successful circumnavigation of the globe.

final_sentence: Super V N617B, in 1960, completed a successful circumnavigation of the globe.