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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-3 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:38426 USN
    Construction Number:75-8047
    Last Civil Registration:N68250
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-3 sn 38426 USN cn 75-804...
    Latest Owner or Location:Trinkle and Boys, Tracy, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 38426.

    To Trinkle Ag Flying Inc, Tracy, CA with new c/r N68250.

    4 May 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR68250 (A75L3, 75-8047) issued.

    Circa March 1971


    Photographer: Steve Nation
    Notes: In Tracy, CA.

    8 June 1974

    To Trinkle and Boys, Tracy, CA keeping c/r N68250.

    26 April 1978

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK78FVD30: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 10:30 hours. The airframe was destroyed. This was a local flight from Trinkle and Boys Strip. Collided with electrical towers while pulling up from a crop dusting run. Report remarks include: Spraying alfalfa. Incident occurred at or near Tracy, CA.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    27 February 1979

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK79FVD12: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 12:25 hours. The airframe was destroyed. This was a local flight from Tracy, CA. The engine failed or malfunctioned while turning around. Collided with a fence on touch down. The factors included; high vegetation on terrain and hidden obstructions on terrain. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 May 2004

    Civil registration, N68250, cancelled.
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