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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D Texan
    Last Military Serial:84868 USN
    Construction Number:88-16679
    Last Civil Registration:N715AW
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D sn 84868 USN cn 88-16679 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aeroplane Works Inc, Huntington, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-84898.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 84868.

    To unknown owner with c/r N3681F.

    19 March 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N715AW (SNJ-5, 84868) issued.

    From 1963 to 1964

    To Francis J. McCabe, Philadelphia, PA keeping c/r N3681F.

    From 1966 to 1970

    To William E. Davis, Philadelphia, PA keeping c/r N3681F.

    1972

    To Robert J. Shaver, Linwood, NJ keeping c/r N3681F.

    From 1976 to 1977

    To Robert J. Shaver, Linwood, NJ with new c/r N988E.

    6 February 1984

    To Simulated Automatic Weapons Inc/Tom Crevasse and Richard Sprague, Live Oak, FL keeping c/r N988E.

    15 June 1985

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at Stuart, FL, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. The aircraft was observed by witnesses flying slow at an estimated altitude of 700 feet. The aircraft was observed to stall, enter an over the top spin which immediately evolved into an upright spin. Recovery was not executed prior to the aircraft crashing into the ocean. Purpose of the flight was to familiarize the pilot with flying the SNJ-5...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 June 1985

    Crashed.
    Went down in the sea near Stuart, FL.

    By March 1986


    Photographer: William B Slate

    19 June 2008

    To Historic Aeroplane Works Inc, Roanoke, IN with new c/r N715AW.

    18 October 2016

    To Historic Aeroplane Works Inc, Huntington, IN keeping c/r N715AW.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N988E (SNJ-5, 84868) issued.

    17 May 2020

    To Historic Aeroplane Works Inc, Huntington, IN keeping c/r N715AW.
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     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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