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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-23A Cornell
    Construction Number:AE01223
    Last Civil Registration:N63739
    Compressed ID:Fairchild PT-23A cn AE01223 cr N637...
    Latest Owner or Location:Polhemus Christopher, Carmichaels, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1943

    Constructed as a PT-23A.
    Fairchild(howard) M-62C(PT-23A) 1223-AE

    22 July 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N63739 (M-62C(PT-23A), 1223-AE) issued.

    Circa September 1985


    Photographer: JM Bryant
    Notes: National Aerobatics Championship, Denison, Grayson County, Texas

    August 1987


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Slaton Airport, TX.

    By 6 March 1988

    To unknown owner with c/r N63739.

    6 March 1988

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Arlington, TX, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. During cruise flight at 1800 feet MSL the pilot experienced an engine vibration and then observed a piece of metal depart the airplane. The engine quit producing power and a forced landing was performed in a highly populated residential area in a softball field, surrounded by a wire fence...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 February 1989

    To Air Service West Inc, Logan, UT with new c/r N63739.

    21 January 1998

    To Air Service West Inc, Logan, UT with new c/r N63739.

    16 April 2001

    To Polhemus Christopher, Carmichaels, PA with new c/r N63739.
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