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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-3 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:07099 USN
    Construction Number:75-6703
    Last Civil Registration:N73437
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-3 sn 07099 USN cn 75-670...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerospace Trust Management Llc Trustee, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 07099.

    1963

    To Texair Dusting Company, Donna, TX with new c/r N73437.

    7 September 1967

    Certificate of airworthiness for N73437 (B75N1, 75-6703) issued.

    By 1971

    To Victoriaire, Victoria, TX keeping c/r N73437.

    27 August 1973

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number FTW74DRA12: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 11:00 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Joes Coastal Strp Airport, Chesterville, TX. This was a local flight from Chesterville, TX. The engine failed or malfunctioned during the initial climb. The gear collapsed during the landing rollout. The factors included; overload failure. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    22 October 1999

    To Rodney J. Lawrence, Weatherford, TX keeping c/r N73437.

    1 October 2007

    To John D. Moran Jr, Jacksonville, FL keeping c/r N73437.

    29 October 2012

    To John D. Moran Jr, Saint Augustine, FL keeping c/r N73437.

    25 October 2014


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2014 photo at NAS Jacksonville, Florida

    23 February 2018

    Civil registration, N73437, cancelled.

    2 April 2023

    To Aerospace Trust Management Llc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N73437.

    14 September 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N73437 with a blue rudder at the Musee Volant Salis, La Ferte-Alais, France
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