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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-6 Texan
    Last Military Serial:112055 USN
    Construction Number:121-42823
    Last Civil Registration:N453WA
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-6 sn 112055 USN cn 121-42823...
    Latest Owner or Location:Warbird Adventures Inc, Kissimmee, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6F-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-82101.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 112055 as a SNJ-6.

    5 May 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N453WA (SNJ-6, 121-42823) issued.

    By 1963

    To Curtiss Morrison, Pontiac, IL with new c/r N8217E.

    From 1963 to By 1964

    To Ronald J. Cihon, New Philadelphia, OH keeping c/r N8217E.

    By 1966

    To Philip A. Auth, Bloomington, IL keeping c/r N8217E.

    18 October 1968

    To William H. Mundhenk, West Alexandria, OH keeping c/r N8217E.

    Based at Warbird Adventures, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, Kissimmee, FL.
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    13 November 2000

    To Warbird Adventures Inc, Kissimmee, FL with new c/r N453WA.

    20 October 2001

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Kissimmee Municipal Airport (ISM) Kissimmee, FL, United States while taxiing. The damage was minor. The Cessna landed on runway 6, cleared the runway at taxiway Delta and was instructed by ground control to hold position on the taxiway. The North American SNJ-6 pilot landed on runway 6, turned onto taxiway Delta, lost sight of the Cessna and taxiied into the tail section of the Cessna. There were no injuries to the occupants of either airplane...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Markings Applied: 055, 3

    Markings Applied: WA-055, 3, 112055

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N453WA (SNJ-6, 121-42823) issued.

    9 May 2005

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Kissimmee Municipal Airport (ISM) Kissimmee, FL, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The purpose of the flight was to familiarize the student pilot with the airplane within a 30-MINUTE flight lesson, when the certified flight instructor demonstrated various flight and aerobatic maneuvers. Witnesses further observed the airplane enter a spin and descended rapidly and collided with the ground...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    27 April 2010

    Civil registration, N453WA, cancelled.
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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