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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-23A Cornell
    Last Military Serial:42-49972 USAAF
    Construction Number:SL337
    Last Civil Registration:N60418
    Compressed ID:Fairchild PT-23A sn 42-49972 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Virginia Warbirds Llc, Petersburg, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a PT-23A.
    Fairchild(howard) M-62C(PT-23A) 337SL

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-49972.

    2 August 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N60418 (M-62C(PT-23A), 337SL) issued.

    6 November 1981

    To Dennis V. Blunt, Rockford, IL with new c/r N60418.

    7 September 1996


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Brodhead Airport (Brodhead, WI, USA)

    16 July 1997

    To Dennis V. Blunt, Rockford, IL with new c/r N60418.

    1 January 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N60418 (M-62C(PT-23A), 337SL) issued.

    8 January 2009

    To Sara M. Oklesen, Umatilla, FL keeping c/r N60418.

    To Wright Way Aviation, Mid Florida Air Service Airport, Eustis, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    26 July 2010

    To Isbell Frank, Chesterfield, VA keeping c/r N60418.

    31 August 2011

    To U S War Birds Llc, Petersburg, VA keeping c/r N60418.

    22 May 2014

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Dinwiddie County Airport (PTB) Petersburg, VA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The flight instructor was providing training to the pilot for a tailwheel endorsement in the vintage military training airplane. The pilots described that it was windy, with the wind generally aligned with the landing runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    14 July 2014

    To Virginia Warbirds Llc, Petersburg, VA keeping c/r N60418.

    26 June 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N60418.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Melbourne, FL.
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