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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13D Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-17216 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-5379
    Last Civil Registration:N5176N
    Latest Owner or Location:Tyson H. Whittock, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-17216.

    By July 1944

    Transferred to 3042nd Base Unit, CPS (P), King City Airport, King City, CA.

    27 July 1944

    Damaged.
    Landing accident with ground loop. Pilot Jacob B. Armstrong, Jr.

    By 1963

    To Frye, King and Erwin, Chickasha, OK with new c/r N5176N.

    By 1971

    To American Dusting Company, Chickasha, OK keeping c/r N5176N.


    Photographer: Unknown

    By 1978

    To Aerial Application Technology, Chickasha, OK keeping c/r N5176N.

    31 May 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5176N (E75, 75-5379) issued.

    15 August 1991

    To Brooks K. Martin, Bozeman, MT keeping c/r N5176N.

    1 August 1992

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Three Forks Airport (9S5) Three Forks, MT, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The student pilot failed to maintain aircraft control when his Boeing B-75 encountered a crosswind gust just after touchdown. The pilot attempted a recovery using differential braking and rudder application, but the aircraft flipped-over near the left edge of the runway.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    14 July 2013

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Bozeman Yellowstone Airport (BZM) Bozeman, MT, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that he and the pilot-rated passenger, departed from the turf runway in calm wind conditions. During the initial climb, the airplaneaCOs climb rate was not as expected and he attributed this degraded climb performance to likely being the result of the addition of the passengeraCOs weight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Circa 2014


    Photographer: National Stearman Fly-In
    Notes: Tyson Whittock found the Stearman restoration project he wanted in Bozeman, MT. He offered the owner of the pretty awful plane $20,000. The owner countered with a price of $5,000. Whittock accepted, used the rest of the money to buy a truck and trailer, and took the plane home to Alaska.

    8 January 2015

    Civil registration, N5176N, cancelled.

    10 June 2015

    To Tyson H. Whittock, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N5176N.

    8 September 2016


    Photographer: National Stearman Fly-In
    Notes: Tyson Whittock says he chose the buzz number 314 for his newly restored Stearman because the digits keep cropping up in his life. He says his is the only Stearman in Anchorage.

    August 2022


    Photographer: Michael Keating


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