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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:C.6-163 EdA
    Construction Number:88-16496
    Last Civil Registration:VH-XAN
    Latest Owner or Location:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-84715.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 84825 as a SNJ-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n C.6-163 and operated with these markings: 421-56.

    Circa 19 April 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29944 (AT-6D, 84825) issued.

    19 April 1982

    To Combat Aircraft Inc, Elkhart IN with c/r N29944.

    19 September 1982

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Lakeside Airport (T86) Houston, TX, United States while taking off. The airframe was destroyed. The aircraft began to drift left during takeoff. The pilot decided to lift off and correct the drift in the air. He corrected with right bank and the wing dragged on the ground the aircraft cartwheeled in the grass adjacent to the runway and came to rest right side up at midfield.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 January 1983

    To Peter Hanneman, Eglinton, NSW with c/r VH-XAN.

    1984

    To David E. Henry, Houston TX with c/r N29944.

    14 March 1989

    To Williams Robert W DBA Independence Aircraft Sales, Lees Summit, MO.

    1990

    To Nostalgair Ltd, Raglan NSW.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1990 photo at Bathurst, NSW

    14 March 1990

    Civil registration, N29944, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    Circa 12 February 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for VH-XAN (AT-6D, 84825) issued.

    12 February 1991

    To Peter Hanneman, Eglinton, NSW with c/r VH-XAN.
    Operated with markings: C.6-163 / 421-56

    12 February 1991

    Operated by Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Wollongong-Albion Park, NSW.

    27 September 2005

    Operated by Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc.

    1 May 2016


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At 2016 Wings Over Illawarra Airshow, New South Wales, Australia
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     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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