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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13B Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:40-1740 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-0297
    Last Civil Registration:N46590
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13B sn 40-1740 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jasper Dane, Casper, WY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13B by Boeing.

    Circa 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-1740.

    From January 1964 to After 1978

    To Inland Crop Dusters, Bakersfield, CA with new c/r N46590.

    4 April 1991

    To Harold T. Duffy, Bakersfield, CA keeping c/r N46590.

    29 May 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for N46590 (PT-13B, 75-297) issued.

    25 October 1997

    To Harold T. Duffy, Shafter, CA keeping c/r N46590.

    12 July 2004

    To James R. McDonald, Santa Clarita, CA keeping c/r N46590.

    19 September 2007

    To Patrick C. Bell, Novato, CA keeping c/r N46590.

    Based at Minter Field Air Museum, Minter Field, Shafter, CA.
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    31 July 2010

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Charles M Schulz-Sonoma County Airport (KSTS) Santa Rosa, CA, United States while taxiing. The damage was minor. The pilot of a Boeing PT-13B Stearman reported that after conducting maintenance on his airplane, he taxied to the run-up area to conduct an engine run-up. With the airplane being a tailwheel-type configuration, he made continuous S-turns to ensure visibility ahead of his position...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    25 October 2010

    To Craig F. Schulz, Santa Rosa, CA keeping c/r N46590.
    Markings added: 297

    5 June 2013


    Photographer: David G. Schultz

    To Petaluma Municipal Airport, Petaluma, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 297

    9 May 2019

    To James T. Goff, Sunriver, OR keeping c/r N46590.

    3 September 2022

    Civil registration, N46590, cancelled.

    21 October 2022

    To Jasper Dane, Casper, WY with new c/r N46590.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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