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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D-NT Texan
    Last Military Serial:42-85697 USAAF
    Construction Number:88-17478
    Last Civil Registration:N29947
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D-NT sn 42-85697 USAAF cn 88...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas

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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 42-85697.

    5 June 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29947 (AT-6D, 42-85697A) issued.

    By 5 January 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N29947.

    5 January 1983

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Granville, PA, United States while cruising. The airframe was destroyed. Aircraft on cross-country flight ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in a field and collided with a few scattered apple trees. Ironically there was an airport adjacent to the landing site. The pilot had encountered cloud cover at his destination and diverted to philipsburg...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    13 April 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Lakeland, FL.

    24 March 1992

    To Walter A. Newton, Lenoir, NO with new c/r N29947.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29947 (AT-6D, 42-85697A) issued.

    By 23 May 2008

    To Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX with new c/r N29947.
    Civil registration reserved.

    23 May 2008


    Photographer: Jay Curtiss

    29 January 2009

    Operated by Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Displayed at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas
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