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N56985

Consolidated Vultee BT-13A

Valid Missouri

N56985 is a Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Tarkio, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 1, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Consolidated Vultee
Model
BT-13A
Serial number
8557
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A74BE7 (octal 51645747)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 3, 2009
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 1, 1957
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00640456

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hurst Thomas Brooks
Type
Co-owned
Address
18541 State Highway O
Tarkio, MO 64491-9203
Co-owners
Novak Mark / Graves Samuel

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data