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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-0996 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-0756
    Last Civil Registration:N71327
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-0996 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Three Point Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-0996.

    By March 1961

    To Jack Shields, Merced, CA with new c/r N61007.

    By 1971

    To Davis Dusters, Colusa, CA keeping c/r N61007.

    By January 1978

    To Aero Seeding and Fetilizing Company, Dos Palos, CA keeping c/r N61007.

    6 March 1978

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK78DVA29: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:30 hours. The damage was substantial. The flight departed from Dos Palos, CA, with the destination Dos Palos, CA. The engine failed or malfunctioned while turning around. The aircraft nosed over during the landing rollout. The factors included; fuel gauge and stuck. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    To Spain Air keeping c/r N61007.


    Photographer: Mike Ascolese

    12 March 1990

    To Ronald L. Anderson, New Berlin, IL with new c/r N71327.

    18 March 2004

    To Peter B. Reed, Goshen, OH keeping c/r N71327.

    9 March 2011

    To Peter B. Reed, Weirsdale, FL keeping c/r N71327.

    9 March 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N71327 (A75N1(PT17), 75-756) issued.

    11 May 2012

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Love Field (97FL) Weirsdale, FL, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane was landing on a turf runway when a gust of wind caused the airplane to drift off the left side of the runway. The airplane traveled down an embankment, struck a tree and came to rest nose down...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    23 July 2012

    To Gary L. Reed, Bethel, OH keeping c/r N71327.

    23 November 2015

    To Three Point Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N71327.

    2016


    Photographer: Alexander T. Davidson / Facebook
    Notes: At Van Sant Airport, PA

    16 June 2018


    Photographer: Alexander T. Davidson / Facebook
    Notes: At the Flying M Airfield, PA

    25 June 2021

    To Three Point Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N71327.
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