161
ST-A
NC17356
May 1937
571
Unknown
Menasco C-4 125 HP SN 280
Fahlin 725 SN 2666 Hartzell D-732 SN 2933
Destroyed
Serial Number
Model
Registration
Date of Manufacturing
ATC
Price (USD)
Engine
Propeller
Current Status
History
It was sold new on June 11th, 1937 to Ben F. Hazelton, a student with the Ryan School. He eventually used it for air-shows throughout the East and Midwest. He had a Cadillac pressure pump mounted in the front cockpit for inverted flight. He used a parachute which he purchased from Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan for which he paid $25.00. Ben thinks it was nothing but a bag of rags.
Next owner was Doctor C.A. Dixon, date of sale unknown.
In 1938 it was purchased by Harry S. Renkert Jr. For the price of $3000.00. He used it for student training and air shows, and some pleasure flying.
Renkert was a first lieutenant serving with the ferry Command at Reno, Nevada during first part of WWII.
On June 22nd, 1945, a Robert Keppler was flying the Ryan at dusk, ran out of fuel and decided to jump, which he did. He was uninjured and landed OK. The airplane crashed about a mile south of North Industry, near Canton, Ohio.
Parts could still exist.
Ownership History
- Ryan School of Aeronautics, San Diego, California;
- Ben F. Hazelton, 3rd, Clarion, Pennsylvania;
- Doctor C. A. Dixon, Akron, Ohio;
- Harry S. Renkert Jr. President Canton Aviation Company, Canton, Ohio;
- Roy H. Poorman, Poorman Aircraft, Canton, Ohio;
- possibly Robert Keppler, Canton, Ohio.
Current Ownership
Unknown
Notes
Via FAA records, N17356 was last assigned to a Boeing B737, cancelled in 2013, and is currently listed as on hold.