Serial Number

Model

Registration

Date of Manufacturing

ATC

Price (USD)

Engine

Propeller

Current Status

History

This Ryan was sold new through Irwin representative, Major Hugh Watson, to Edward Spence in Michigan.

In the late summer or early fall of 1937 it was sold to Frank Brooks. Brooks was a Navy Test Pilot who was killed while testing an airplane during WWII.

In 1946 the aircraft was delivered to the Ryan school of Aeronautics. The airplane was destroyed while a student was practicing forced landings without his instructor. No further details known.

Ownership History

• W.H. Irwin, Atlanta, Georgia;
• Major Hugh Watson, (Irwin Mid West Representative) Sharonville, Ohio;
• Edward Spence, Southern Michigan Airways, Kirsch Airport, Sturgis, Michigan;
• Frank Brooks III, Greenwich, Connecticut;
• Ryan School of Aeronautics, San Diego, California.

Current Ownership

Unknown

Notes

Via FAA records, N16031 is shown as last assigned to a destroyed McDonnell Douglas helicopter MD369FF, and currently listed as deregistered.

Photo Gallery