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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13D Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-17637 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-5800
    Last Civil Registration:N58980
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13D sn 42-17637 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Saint Marys Municipal Airport (STQ), Saint Marys, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-17637.

    To Javier L. Garcia Sr, Sunnyvale, CA with new c/r N58980 (E75, 75-5800).

    Based at Frazier Lake Airport, Gilroy, CA.
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    By January 1964

    To W. C. Young, Wasco, CA keeping c/r N58980.
    Markings added: 795

    November 1965


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Bob Coe at Wasco, CA, in November 1965

    9 November 1965


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: N58980 spraying cotton at Wasco, California

    31 March 1988

    To Dennis M. White, San Jose, CA keeping c/r N58980.

    12 May 2006


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: On the ramp behind the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA.

    25 August 2006

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Morgan Hill, CA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. While in an aerobatic maneuver, the pilot encountered an engine fire. The pilot leaned the mixture, extinguishing the fire and after an unsuccessful restart attempt, preformed an emergency landing to a field. The airplane came to rest inverted. Post accident examination of the airplane showed that fuel was leaking at a rapid rate from the carburetor...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    17 January 2007

    Civil registration, N58980, cancelled.

    6 October 2010

    To Caruso Dennis, Weedville, PA with new c/r N58980.

    9 February 2011

    To LS Air Llc, Erie, PA keeping c/r N58980.

    Based at Saint Marys Municipal Airport (STQ), Saint Marys, PA.
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    Markings Applied: 709
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    Print Sources
     Boeing Aircraft Since 1916
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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