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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D-NT Texan
    Last Military Serial:42-85599 USAF
    Construction Number:88-17380
    Last Civil Registration:N7421C
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D-NT sn 42-85599 USAF cn 88-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Scott M. Britton, Fairview, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-85599.

    18 May 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 42-85599 as a AT-6D-NT.
    On loan to the RCAF.

    24 February 1954

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 42-85599.

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.
    Returned to the USAF at Tucson.

    From 1963 to 1972

    To Ray Karrells, Port Washington, WI with new c/r N7421C.

    1976

    To Gerald A. Swayze, Mesquite, TX keeping c/r N7421C.

    16 March 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7421C (AT-6, 42-85599) issued.

    5 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In California.

    1984

    To James D. Slaney, Danville, CA keeping c/r N7421C.

    1986

    To William Gossman, Louisville, KY keeping c/r N7421C.

    Circa 2 June 1989


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    20 August 1999

    To Edward J. Modes, Prescott, AZ keeping c/r N7421C.

    5 May 2001

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Ernest A. Love Field (PRC) Prescott, AZ, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. On touchdown the airplane was struck by a gust of wind. The CFI aborted the landing and the airplane struck taxiway signs, traveled through a ditch and came to rest on the opposite side of the ditch on it is landing gear. The purpose of the flight was to provide transition training for the front seat pilot who had recently purchased a similiar airplane...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    6 February 2002

    To William S. Modes, Prescott, AZ keeping c/r N7421C.

    Based at Ernest A Love Field, Prescott, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7421C (AT-6, 42-85599) issued.

    26 January 2018

    Civil registration, N7421C, cancelled.

    18 September 2018

    To William S. Modes, Chino Valley, AZ with new c/r N7421C.

    11 September 2019

    To Scott M. Britton, Fairview, TX keeping c/r N7421C.


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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