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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-27 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-15803 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-3992
    Last Civil Registration:N56789
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-27 sn 42-15803 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Visco

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-27 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-15803.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FJ942.
    For use in Canada for Empire Air Training Scheme.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-15803.
    Returned from RAF.

    21 July 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR56789 (A75N1(PT17), 75-3992) issued.

    By January 1964

    To Aero Crop Dusters, Brawley, CA with new c/r N56789.

    31 March 1966

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX66D0277: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 16:00 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Brawley Municipal Airport, Beawley, CA. Collided with a parked aircraft while taxiing to takeoff. The factors included; sunglare. Report remarks include: Parked aircraft piper PA-28 N1395F substantial damage.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    January 1971

    To Wilbur J. Sky, Yuma, AZ keeping c/r N56789.

    By June 1982

    To Visco keeping c/r N56789.

    3 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Taken at Imperial County Airport, Imperial, California, USA

    31 May 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In IPL.

    29 October 1990

    To unknown owner with c/r N56789.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Yuma, AZ.

    28 February 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N56789.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Yuma, AZ.

    November 2017


    Photographer: Dena Michael Rutledge
    Notes: N56789 is suspended from the top of a hangar at an Agricultural operation in Imperial, CA. The operation has modernized, but preserved one of the twelve R-985 powered Stearmans it used in it is fleet
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