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Consolidated Vultee BT-13B (SNV-2) · 1946 · Kalispell, MT
N56882 is a 1946 Consolidated Vultee BT-13B (SNV-2) (serial 79-1682), registered to Smith James E Trustee (co-owner) in Kalispell, MT. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2031; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 1958 (68 years ago). It carries a P&W R-985 SERIES engine rated at 450 hp, the engine on 91% of registered Consolidated Vultee BT-13B (SNV-2)s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A7482D. It is one of 11 Consolidated Vultee BT-13B (SNV-2) aircraft on the FAA registry. Smith James E Trustee holds 23 aircraft on the registry.
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10 of the 11 registered Consolidated Vultee BT-13B (SNV-2) carry this engine (91%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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