Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-4 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:55754 USN
    Construction Number:75-4991
    Last Civil Registration:EC-KFJ
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-4 sn 55754 USN cn 75-499...
    Latest Owner or Location:Oscar Son

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Was allocated s/n 42-16828 with the United States Army Air Force but was not taken up.
    Not TOS, ordered but cancelled and transferred to Navy.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 55754 as a N2S-4.

    January 1964

    To Paul H. Rorabaugh, with new c/r N67472.

    1969

    To San Luis Air, Los Banos, CA keeping c/r N67472.

    Circa June 1969


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: In Los Banos, CA.

    16 August 1969

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK70D0083: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 14:00 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Los Banos Airport, Los Banos, CA. The flight departed from Los Banos, CA, with the destination Los Banos, CA. The propellar failed during the initial climb. Experienced an uncontrolled collision with terrain in an uncontrolled descent. The factors included; separation in flight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 1988

    To unknown owner with c/r N778RL.

    1988


    Photographer: Steve Staunton
    Notes: Taken at NAS Miramar Airshow in 1988

    1993

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-LEF.

    1 May 1996

    To Aircraft Guaranty Corporation Trustee, Houston, TX with new c/r N62AG.

    21 June 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N62AG (A75N1(PT17), 754991) issued.

    By 2003


    Photographer: Philippe Yonnaf
    Notes: On the left Cdt R. NIcolai (Airbus 330 and 340) co-owner of the PT-17 and the gentleman on the right is the President of the Saintes Aeroclub (France).

    3 February 2006

    Civil registration, N62AG, cancelled.
    Exported to Spain.

    30 July 2007

    To Oscar Son with new c/r EC-KFJ.

    12 July 2017

    25 February 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Ocana, Spain
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    YouTube
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=37850][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Stearman-Boeing N2S-4 Kaydet, s/n 55754 USN, c/n 75-4991, c/r EC-KFJ[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=37850
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.