Dates

Event

Constructed as a P-63C-5-BE.

Circa 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-4181.

30 August 1946

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Air Races in Cleveland, OH.

Circa 1947

Certificate of airworthiness for NX73744 issued.

1947

To Frank Singer with new c/r N73744.

Raced as #53.

Circa 1948

Photographer: Charles M. Daniels / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

From 4 September 1948 to 6 September 1948

Raced as #53.
Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Tinnerman Trophy race. The primary pilot was Frank Singer. Qualified in 15th place with an average speed of 324.916 mph. Started the B Feature race, but did not finish. Left the race on Lap 7.

From 4 September 1948 to 6 September 1948

Raced as #53.
Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Frank Singer. Qualified in 5th place with an average speed of 315.011 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 7th place with an average speed of 308.347 mph.

Circa 1949

Damaged.
Damaged on landing at Ravenswood airstrip, Chicago, IL.

After 1949

Photographer: Charles M. Daniels / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Notes: Following its 1949 landing accident

From 3 September 1949 to 5 September 1949

Raced as #53.
Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Frank Singer. Qualified in 7th place with an average speed of 364.250 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 6th place with an average speed of 359.060 mph.

1954

To Harry R. Snoke, Fort Wayne, IN keeping c/r N73744.

From 1963 to 1966

To Bruce M. Madison, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N73744.

From 1968 to 1970

To Darryl G. Greenamyer, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N73744.

30 June 1968

Crashed.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX69F0050: There was one fatality. Incident occurred at 14:30 hours. The airframe was destroyed. Incident occurred at the Falcon Airport, Mesa, AZ. The engine failed or malfunctioned during the takeoff run. Experienced a controlled collision with terrain on touch down. The factors included; high atmospheric temperatures and congested traffic pattern. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

From 1971 to 1972

To Larry H. Havens/Pylon Air, Long Beach, CA with new c/r N9009 {1}.

24 June 1971

Certificate of airworthiness for NX9009 (P-63C, 33-766) issued.

Rebuilt Long Beach from several airframes as highly modified racer, adopted id. 44-4181.
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From 17 July 1971 to 17 July 1971

Raced as #90, named Crazyhorse.
Appeared at the U. S. Cup Race, but did not qualify. The primary pilot was Larry H Havens. Blew the engine during qualifying and there was not enough time to repair.

From 21 September 1971 to 26 September 1971

Raced as #90, named CRAZY HORSE CAMPGROUNDS.
Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was Larry H Havens. Qualified in 11th place with an average speed of 351.39 mph. Raced in Heat B. Finished in 5th place with an average speed of 369.68 mph. Raced in the Reserve race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 352.17 mph.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Al Chute
Notes: 1971 would see the return of the P-63 Kingcobra to competition around the pylons. Larry Havens would pilot this highly modified P-63 at the 1971 Reno Air Races. Sadly this would be the only time this highly modified racer would be seen in competition as it was lost on a test flight prior to the 1972 Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

7 September 1972

Involved in an incident.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX73FUA09: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 17:07 hours. The airframe was destroyed. This was a local flight from Long Beach, CA. The engine failed or malfunctioned while cruising. Experienced an uncontrolled collision with terrain in an uncontrolled descent. The factors included; came to rest in water. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine. Report remarks include: Engine quit over ocean. Pilot bailed out ok...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

Circa 12 September 1972

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

From 12 September 1972 to 17 September 1972

Raced as #90.
Was to have competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Unlimited class, but did not arrive. The primary pilot was Larry H Havens.

1984

To Don Anklin, Mooresville, NC.
The salvaged wreck was obtained.

From 1985 to 1992

To Yankee Air Corps/Charles F. Nichols, Chino, CA.

In the inventory of Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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Parts from the wreck were used in the restoration of USAAF s/n 43-11117, which also adopted the ID of this airframe. It is assumed nothing remained of this airframe and it essentially ceased to exist.
For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier