Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13D Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-16923 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-5086
    Last Civil Registration:N4798V
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13D sn 42-16923 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Darryl P. Rock, Anaheim, CA

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16923.

    1958

    To P and R Sheep Company, Oildale, CA with new c/r N4798V.

    From 1971 to After 1979

    To McFarland Crop Dusters, McFarland, CA keeping c/r N4798V.

    30 October 1980

    To Aircraft Cylinder Turbine Inc, Sun Valley, CA keeping c/r N4798V.

    24 November 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4798V (E75, 75-5086) issued.

    23 January 2001

    To Topolsky Kenneth, Tarzana, CA keeping c/r N4798V.

    31 October 2006

    To Jerome A. Aken, Anaheim, CA keeping c/r N4798V.

    28 March 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Shot at Riverside California

    Based at Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Based at Santa Paula, Oxnard, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2 February 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Chino Airport, California

    3 December 2018

    To Darryl P. Rock, Anaheim, CA keeping c/r N4798V.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=25806][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Stearman-Boeing PT-13D Kaydet, s/n 42-16923 USAAF, c/n 75-5086, c/r N4798V[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=25806
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.