Serial Number
Model
Registration
Date of Manufacturing
ATC
Price (USD)
Engine
Propeller
Current Status
352
ST-A PT-20 PT-20A
40-2414 N69094 N14984
April 1940
571
$6453.00
Menasco C-4 125 HP SN 438 Kinner R-440-1 132 HP SN 14972
Sensenich 80-R1 SN 14972 Sensenich 86C SN 20761
Airworthy?
History
Sold new April 8, 1940, delivered to the Ryan School on Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California.
Modified to PT-20A with a Kinner engine on December 2, 1940 at the Ryan plant, San Diego.
Used for military primary flight training, San Diego.
The aircraft is presumed to still exist, and is assigned papers from former ST-A,
SN 116, NC14984, also registered as N69094.
Ownership History
- Finance Officer, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio (US Army Air Corps)
- Headquarters Air Corps Training Detachment, (Ryan School of Aeronautics) Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California
- Don Carter, Layfayette, California,
- Dan Mairani, San Francisco, California.
- Douglas E Kelly, Palo Alto, California.
Current Ownership
Mr. Douglas E. Kelly
Notes
Also see Ryan data sheet SN 116
FAA records show that N14984 registration was registered 1, 28, 2008, and expired 9, 30, 2013.
Via a note in the January 2007 issue of `Ryan Reflections``:
About three years ago, Doug was bitten by the open-cockpit, low-and-slow-flying bug. He has a special interest in Menasco-engined Ryans and is looking into purchasing a PT-20.
Via a note in the April 2007 issue of `Ryan Reflections`:
Dan currently owns Ryan PT-20 s/n 116 N14984. He would appreciate any
help finding an STC for hydraulic brakes, as well as technical data on the
Original wheels and brakes.