Aircraft N60332 Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	Fairchild (St. Louis)
Model:	PT-23A Cornell (M-62C)    Search all Fairchild (St. Louis) PT-23A Cornell (M-62C)
Year built:	1946
Construction Number (C/N):	225SL
Aircraft Type:	Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats:	2
Number of Engines:	1
Engine Type:	Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	Cont Motor R670-SERIES

Aircraft

Registration Number:	N60332
Mode S (ICAO24) Code:	A7D540
Certification Class:	Standard
Certification Issued:	2001-09-10
Air Worthiness Test:	1973-07-12
Last Action Taken:	2007-09-18
Current Status:	Valid

Owner

Registration Type:	Individual
Address:	Kinnelon, NJ 07405 United States
Region:	Eastern

User Comments

Les Brown, 2013-05-06 22:31:24

First encountered this PT in about 1954 at Fall River, Massachusetts (airport now closed). Belonged to Jimmy Hayward who bought it, in a crate, from a surplus broker in Canada. It was originally sold to The RCAF but never flown by them. Jimmy painted it in an orange/dark brown/black color scheme and added some sheet metal under new fabric where knees were constantly going through the fabric. It was damaged during a plowed-field landing when being ferried into a "shade trees" shop for new fabric. No injuries but Jimmy died of natural causes a few month later and the PT was sold to a group of local pilots who kept if for several years. I enjoyed several hours of rides in it, some of them acrobatic, but (at about age 14) never got to fly it myself.