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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-8710 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-2269
    Last Civil Registration:N53404
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-8710 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Elijah Reed Corp, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-8710.

    4 April 1991

    To Harold T. Duffy, Bakersfield, CA with new c/r N53404.

    30 August 1997

    To Thomas E. Sereno, Modesto, CA keeping c/r N53404.

    15 April 1999

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) Casa Grande, AZ, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot said that while approaching the airport he received weather information from the ASOS and a pilot report from a preceding airplane. The pilot report noted 90-DEGREE crosswinds with occasional gusts to 20 knots. The pilot said he touched down on runway 5 and a sudden crosswind gust raised the left wing and the airplane began veering off the runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    3 November 2002

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD) Chandler, AZ, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The airplane veered off the runway and nosed over in soft ground. During landing, the airplane bounced and the pilot did not pull the elevator control stick aft far enough and the airplane bounced again. Thereafter, the pilot increased engine power in a recovery attempt and he lost directional control. The surface wind was calm at the time...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    14 May 2004

    To Dustman Larry Lee, Chandler, AZ keeping c/r N53404.

    4 March 2006


    Photographer: Walter Wesch
    Notes: At Casa Grande, AZ

    20 April 2010

    To Elijah Reed Corp, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N53404.

    29 May 2020

    Civil registration, N53404, cancelled.
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