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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:38302 USN
    Construction Number:75-7923
    Last Civil Registration:N5106N
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-3 sn 38302 USN cn 75-792...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gary H. Gobel, El Cajon, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 38302.

    29 March 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5106N (A75N1, 75-7923) issued.

    1971

    To John Posey JNR., Haleyville, AL with new c/r N5106N.


    Photographer: H. Glenn Mosenthin
    Notes: Stearman crop duster with 300hp Jacobs R-755 engine at J. O. Dockery Airport in Stuttgart (Arkansas County)

    By 1978

    To Wings Inc, Colombus, GA keeping c/r N5106N.

    By 6 July 1986

    To unknown owner with c/r N5106N.

    6 July 1986

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Van Nuys Airport (VNY) Van Nuys, CA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. A Boeing N2S-3 nosed over on landing while on a local VFR flight. The pilot indicated that he had logged a total of 2. 4 hours in this make and model aircraft all within the previous ninety days. The pilot stated that on his last approach, the speed was too fast, the aircraft bounced and he overcontrolled causing the propeller to strike the runway...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    3 November 1986

    To David A. Derby, Santee, CA keeping c/r N5106N.

    Based at Gillespie Field, San Diego, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 310

    3 November 1986

    To David A. Derby, Camarillo, CA keeping c/r N5106N.

    18 December 1996

    To David A. Derby, Bonsall, CA keeping c/r N5106N.

    Based at Montgomery Field, San Diego, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 310

    31 August 2008


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2008 photo taken at Antique Airfield. Photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    21 January 2016

    To David A. Derby, Santee, CA keeping c/r N5106N.

    30 April 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N5106N.
    Sale reported to a new owner in El Cajon, CA.

    21 August 2019

    To Gary H. Gobel, El Cajon, CA keeping c/r N5106N.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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