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Mark Howard from Oklahoma's BT-13 Photo by Mark Howard
AIRCRAFT DESCRIPTION
| 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
| Name
|
VULTEE RESOURCE & MANAGEMENT LLC
|
| Street
|
10701 LARAMIE RD
|
| City
|
YUKON
|
State
|
OKLAHOMA
|
| County
|
CANADIAN
|
Zip Code
|
73099-8256
|
| Country
|
UNITED STATES
|
AIRWORTHINESS
| 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
| Certificate Number
|
T220712
|
Issue Date
|
01/25/2022
|
Expiration Date
|
02/24/2022
|
DEREGISTERED AIRCRAFT
HISTORY
| 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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