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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:41-0854 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-0914
    Last Civil Registration:N56416
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13B sn 41-0854 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Emmitt D. Dickens Jr, Virginia Beach, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13B by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-0854.

    1957

    To FARM Air Company with new c/r N56416.
    Based at Dunphy for the 1957 Forest Spraying season.

    1957


    Photographer: Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
    Notes: N56416 #111 and N5057V #113 Farm-Air Company. New Brunswick 1957

    By January 1964

    To Hawke Dusters, Modesto, CA keeping c/r N56416.

    22 November 1967

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK68D0235: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 14:00 hours. The damage was substantial. The engine failed or malfunctioned during the initial climb. 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. Incident occurred at or near Montpellier, CA.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 1972

    To Hawke Dusters, Oakdale, CA keeping c/r N56416.

    15 November 1973

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK74DVA33: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 15:45 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Hooker Airstrip Airport, Hickman, CA. This was a local flight from Hickman, CA. The engine failed or malfunctioned while en route for crop dusting. The aircraft nosed over on touch down. The factors included; terrain. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    September 1977


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: On the side of the highway near Merced, California was Hawke Field on the Flying M Ranch

    By July 1978

    To Robert A. High, Oakdale, CA keeping c/r N56416.

    15 March 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N56416 (A75N1, 75-914) issued.

    By 11 July 2004

    To unknown owner with c/r N56416.

    11 July 2004

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Auburn Airport (AUN) Auburn, CA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The airplane ground looped during landing and came to rest inverted. The pilot undergoing instruction (PUI) had recently purchased the airplane. He and the certified flight instructor (CFI) departed from their airport of origin after completing one traffic pattern to a successful full stop landing...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 November 2004

    To Steven J. Benjamin, Lincoln, CA keeping c/r N56416.

    2 October 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N56416.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Auburn, CA.

    6 August 2007

    To Alan C. Casner, Auburn, CA keeping c/r N56416.

    11 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photo taken at the California Capital Air Show.

    11 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    22 October 2011


    Photographer: Gail Snyder III
    Notes: Boeing PT-17 Kaydet (A75N1) taking off from Auburn

    19 November 2012

    To Emmitt D. Dickens, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N56416.

    19 November 2021


    Photographer: Emmitt Dickens

    19 November 2021


    Photographer: Emmitt Dickens

    25 March 2022

    To Emmitt D. Dickens Jr, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N56416.

    16 February 2023


    Photographer: Emmitt Dickens

    24 May 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N56416.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Virginia Beach, VA.

    20 September 2023

    To Emmitt D. Dickens Jr, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N56416.


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    Emmitt Dickens
    Terry Fletcher

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