View source for BT-13 41-10814

[[File:0000131456.jpg|thumb|421x421px|Mark Howard from Oklahoma's BT-13 Photo by Mark Howard]]

== AIRCRAFT DESCRIPTION ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
|'''Serial Number'''
|3131
|'''Status'''
|Valid
|-
|'''Manufacturer Name'''
|CONSOLIDATED VULTEE
|'''Certificate Issue Date'''
|01/13/2017
|-
|'''Model'''
|BT-13A
|'''Expiration Date'''
|01/31/2023
|-
|'''Type Aircraft'''
|Fixed Wing Single-Engine
|'''Type Engine'''
|Reciprocating
|-
|'''Pending Number Change'''
|None
|'''Dealer'''
|No
|-
|'''Date Change Authorized'''
|None
|'''Mode S Code (base 8 / Oct)'''
|52205134
|-
|'''MFR Year'''
|1941
|'''Mode S Code (Base 16 / Hex)'''
|A90A5C
|-
|'''Type Registration'''
|LLC
|'''Fractional Owner'''
|NO
|-
|'''N Number'''
|68178
|
|
|}

== REGISTERED OWNER ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
| colspan="1" |'''Name'''
| colspan="3" |VULTEE RESOURCE & MANAGEMENT LLC                                                                             
|-
| colspan="1" |'''Street'''
| colspan="3" |10701 LARAMIE RD
|-
|'''City'''
|YUKON
|State
|OKLAHOMA
|-
|'''County'''
|CANADIAN
|Zip Code
|73099-8256
|-
| colspan="1" |'''Country'''
| colspan="3" |UNITED STATES
|}

== AIRWORTHINESS ==
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Type Certificate Data Sheet'''
|None
|'''Type Certificate Holder'''
|None                                       
|-
|'''Engine Manufacturer'''
|P&W
|'''Classification'''
|Standard
|-
|'''Engine Model'''
|R-985 SERIES
|'''Category'''
|None
|-
|'''A/W Date'''
|04/03/1956
|'''Exception Code'''
|No
|}

== TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Certificate Number
|T220712
|Issue Date
|01/25/2022
|Expiration Date
|02/24/2022                             
|}

== DEREGISTERED AIRCRAFT ==
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="16" |None
|}

== HISTORY ==
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Dates'''
|'''Event'''
|-
|Circa 1941
|Constructed as a BT-13A.

Consolidated Vultee BT-13A 3131
|-
|26 January 1942
|Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-10814.
|-
|3 April 1956
|Certificate of airworthiness for N68178 (BT-13A, 3131) issued.
|-
|20 December 1983
|To Bob Halford, Odessa, TX with new c/r N68178.
|-
|17 May 2005
|To Bob Halford, Odessa, TX keeping c/r N68178.
|-
|13 January 2017
|To Vultee Resource and Management Llc, Yukon, OK keeping c/r N68178.
|-
|8 August 2019
|To Vultee Resource amp; Management Llc, Yukon, OK keeping c/r N68178.

Markings added: 178
|-
|2022
|To Mark Howard keeping c/r N68178.Note from Mark

Many thanks to my friend Rick Jones in El Reno, OK for allowing me to purchase and be the new caretaker of his beautiful Vultee BT-13A Valiant. 

The US Army Air Corps serial number is 41-10814 and it served at Merced Army Air Field, Merced, CA, during World War II. 
|}

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