129
ST-A
N16040
September 1936
571
Unknown
Menasco C-4 125 HP SN 217
Fahlin 725 SN 2018, D-732 SN 2999
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Current Status
History
The Ryan was originally sold to Ryan School student James D McKean and the delivery was September 18th, 1936.
Next owner was Mel Carbury, and then Everett P. Gardner whose sister Miss Wilma Gardner often flew the airplane. About 1939 it was sold to Morton Air Service where it was used in the secondary phase of the Private Training program at the beginning of WW II.
For a time it was based at Morton Air Service at Sky Haven Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, about October 1942.
The last owners were Jack and Frank Medlin, and they used it in their flying school in Caldwell, Idaho in the CPTP program, to train pilots for the war effort.
Final disposition came as the result of an accident in 1943. A student was flying inverted and the engine quit (due to the gravity fed fuel system) and down he went. (He must have been at a low altitude).
The only injury to the student was a cut lip, but the Ryan was substantially damaged. Medlin did not plan to rebuild it, so it can be assumed that the ship was used for parts for the other Ryans in their fleet of ST trainers.
The papers now belong to Fred Barber, or Smithville, MO.
Ownership History
James McKean, Inglewood, California;
Mel Carbury, Brawley, California;
Everett P. Gardner, Gardner Flying Service, Hangar #5 Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, California;
Morton Air Service, Mines Field, Inglewood, California;
Jack W. and Frank Medlin, Caldwell Flying Service, Caldwell, Idaho;
Fred L. Barber, Smithville, MO.
Current Ownership
Fred Barber
Notes
Via FAA records, the Registration N16040 is listed as currently reserved by:
Richard S. Williams
Richard is building an ST-A replica, and making good progress on the various components. His workmanship is top quality.
FAA records show that Ryan SN 129, N16040 was listed as destroyed and deregistered on 4,15,1943, when owned by the Morton Flying Service, Sky Haven airport, Las Vegas, Nevada. But the Ryan records show the Caldwell flying service, Caldwell, Idaho, then used the aircraft after this date.