Serial Number
Model
Registration
Date of Manufacturing
ATC
Price (USD)
Engine
Propeller
Current Status
324
ST-A PT-20 PT-20AB PT-20A
40-2388 NC62127
January 1940
571
$6453.00
Menasco C-4 125 HP SN 400 Menasco D-4 125 HP SN ?
Kinner R-440-1 132 HP SN 4541
Sensenich 80-R1 SN 13067 Sensenich 80-R1 SN? Sensenich 86C SN 25898
Unknown
History
Sold new December 12, 1939, delivered to the Ryan School on Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California.
Modified to PT-20B with a Menasco D-4 engine, date unknown, at the Ryan plant, San Diego.
Used for military primary flight training, San Diego.
About November 13,1945 it was purchased surplus from the U.S. Government as a PT-20A by Lt. T.R. Schnitz. There were a number of parts either missing or broken at this time so an order was placed with the Ryan company for replacements, (a fin, rudder, a set of wires for the Left wing, butt ribs for both wings and a front spar for the left wing) The parts were shipped but never collected from Railway Express agency at Corpus Christi and no further correspondence was received from the owner (Schnitz) It appears to have been involved in a fatal crash. It was noted that the current owner? Will restore the aircraft.
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;
- T.R Schnitz, U.S Naval Reserve, Corpus Christi, Texas; David B. Talton, Wendell, North Carolina.
Current Ownership
Unknown, possibly:
David B. Talton
Notes
40-2387/2416
Ryan PT-20 SN 323/338, 340/351.
Many conversions to PT-20A. Two converted to PT-20B and then reconverted to PT-20A
Via FAA records, N62127 is currently assigned to a Bell 206L4 Helicopter currently based in Lafayette, Louisiana.