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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:07289 USN
    Construction Number:75-6893
    Last Civil Registration:N5158N
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-3 sn 07289 USN cn 75-689...
    Latest Owner or Location:Brooks William, Newport Beach, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 07289.

    1955


    Photographer: Forest Protection
    Notes: Medford Stearman #91, with pilot and crew, Nictau, 1955.

    By 1957

    To Medford Air Services, Medford, OR with new c/r N5158N.
    Operated with markings: #91

    24 May 1957


    Photographer: Forest Protection
    Notes: Medford N5158N #91 parked at stopover in Fredericton,


    Photographer: Unknown

    1963

    To Aero Ag Inc, Medford, Medford Municiple Airport Oregon keeping c/r N5158N.

    14 July 1975

    To Richard R. Zediker, Gold Hill, OR keeping c/r N5158N.

    15 August 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5158N (B75N1, 75-6893) issued.

    29 November 1997

    To Knutzen Farms LP, Burlington, WA keeping c/r N5158N.

    15 October 2005

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Knutzen Farm Airport Burlington, WA, United States while on decent. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that he noted a reduction in engine power during the initial climb just after completing a touch-and-go landing at a private airstrip. He stated that the airplanes takeoff and climb performance was diminished to a point where he elected to initiate an off airport landing to a nearby field...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    10 April 2013

    To Roger J. Knutzen, Burlington, WA keeping c/r N5158N.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5158N (B75N1, 75-6893) issued.

    29 January 2016

    To Roger J. Knutzen, Burlington, WA keeping c/r N5158N.

    21 February 2019

    To Roger J. Knutzen, Burlington, WA keeping c/r N5158N.


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
    Notes: Probably in the 1970s.

    October 2020


    Photographer: Brian Newman

    16 November 2020

    To Brooks William, Newport Beach, CA keeping c/r N5158N.
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