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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D Texan
    Last Military Serial:C.6-132 EdA
    Construction Number:121-42104
    Last Civil Registration:N716AW
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D sn C.6-132 EdA cn 121-4210...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aeropane Works Inc, Roanoke, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-81382.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 91088.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n C.6-132.

    20 May 1982

    To Combat Aircraft Inc, Elkhart, IN with new c/r N29930.

    17 June 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29930 (AT-6D, 91088) issued.

    1984

    To James P. Ball, Holt, MO keeping c/r N29930.

    13 May 1985


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS Tustin, CA.

    From 30 August 1985 to 2000

    To Douglas A. Clarke, Glendale, CA keeping c/r N29930.

    Markings Applied: 91088, X-104, 1088
    Flown in US Army markings.

    From 21 September 2000 to 2002

    To Robert C. Beckman, Ashville, OH keeping c/r N29930.

    29 September 2002

    Crashed.
    Crashed and destroyed at Circleville, OH. The pilot, Robert Beckman, perished.

    29 September 2002

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Pickaway County Memorial Airport (CYO) Circleville, OH, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. During an airshow, the accident airplane flew by as the lead of a four-ship, single-file pass. When it reached the end of the runway, it began a climbing right turn, with an intended course reversal...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    16 January 2003

    Civil registration, N29930, cancelled.

    9 November 2007

    To Historic Aeropane Works Inc, Roanoke, IN with new c/r N716AW.

    23 January 2018

    Civil registration, N716AW, cancelled.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Reno Air Racing Association (National Championship Air Races)
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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