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Cessna 182Q/R Skylane II
Single engine light observation aircraft
In order to replace the ageing Alouette II helicopters of the Rijkswacht/Gendarmerie the Belgian government ordered three second-hand Cessna 182 Skylane II observation aircraft on the American market. Before delivery they were overhauled and standardised at the Cessna factory in Reims (France). After the loss of G-03 at Melsbroek a replacement aircraft was bought. As Puma G-02 was still in service at the time of the Cessna order no G-2 serial was attributed to the Cessna’s.
G-01
History
C/N
182Q-67696
Date In
May 1994
Date Out
Active
N5411N, G-01/OT-GLB, active with the Federal Police at Melsbroek.
G-03 (1)
History
C/N
182R-67850
Date In
May 1994
Date Out
Sep 1994
N4885H, G-03/OT-GLC, Written off at Melsbroek on 22 Sep 1994 when blown over by KLu C-130H G-273. Wreckage stored at Beauvechain.
G-03 (2)
History
C/N
182R-67742
Date In
May 1997
Date Out
Jan 2003
N5472N, F-WQFA, G-03/OT-GLC (2), Fatal crash at Melsbroek on 10 Jan 2003
G-04
History
C/N
182R-67844
Date In
Jul 1994
Date Out
Active
N6605N, G-04/OT-GLD, active with the Federal Police at Melsbroek.