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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-3 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:3406 USN
    Construction Number:75-1183
    Last Civil Registration:N4473N
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-3 sn 3406 USN cn 75-1183...
    Latest Owner or Location:Quetzal Limited Partnership, Oklahoma City, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 3406.

    From By January 1964 to After 1983

    To Visco Flying Company, Imperial, CA with new c/r N4473N.

    3 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Imperial County Airport (Imperial, CA, USA) operated by Visco

    19 August 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL4473N (B75N1, 75-1183) issued.

    3 September 1992

    To Gary Irwin, Berthoud, CO keeping c/r N4473N.
    Markings added: Baby

    5 September 1997


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Galesburg Municipal

    5 September 1997


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    6 March 2004


    Photographer: Walter Wesch
    Notes: At Casa Grande, AZ

    4 January 2005

    To Harry M. Mathewson, Prescott, AZ keeping c/r N4473N.

    13 September 2006

    To James River Biplanes Llc, Poquoson, VA keeping c/r N4473N.

    29 December 2009

    To Quetzal Limited Partnership, Oklahoma City, OK keeping c/r N4473N.

    3 July 2011

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality and was one serious injury. The accident occurred at Wetmore, CO, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. According to the passenger, the pilot was maneuvering the airplane at low altitude in mountainous terrain. The passenger reported that the pilot was flying the airplane low and slow, the airplanes bank angle began to increase and the airplane descended and collided with trees. A post-impact fire consumed a majority of the wreckage...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    23 January 2018

    Civil registration, N4473N, cancelled.
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