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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-16101 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4264
    Last Civil Registration:N52293
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16101 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:David L. Barth, Pekin, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16101.

    1946

    To Aerialinsecticide Inc, Orlando, FL with new c/r N52293.

    By 1961

    To F. W. Whitaker, Redwood, MS keeping c/r N52293.

    By January 1969

    To Yazoo Valley Flying Services Inc, Yazoo City, MS keeping c/r N52293.

    20 May 1969

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number MIA69F0481: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 09:20 hours. The airframe was destroyed. The engine failed or malfunctioned while cruising. Collided with a dirt bank during the landing rollout. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land. Report remarks include: Dirt bank partly concealed by shadows of trees. Aircraft disassembled prior inspection...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    3 April 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52293 (A75N1(PT17), 75-4264) issued.

    22 May 1991

    To Fredric A. Woldow, Pekin, IL keeping c/r N52293.

    6 September 2011


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Galesburg Municipal

    September 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At the Galesburg Municipal

    16 January 2017

    To Fredric A. Woldow, Pekin, IL keeping c/r N52293.

    9 May 2018

    To David L. Barth, Pekin, IL keeping c/r N52293.

    9 September 2021


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.
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