Aircraft Description
N56985 is a 1943 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Hurst Thomas Brooks in Tarkio, MO. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on July 1, 1957. The registration certificate was issued on November 3, 2009. The registration is set to expire on January 31, 2029. Powered by a P&w R-985 SERIES engine producing 450 horsepower, N56985 is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A74BE7 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N56985 was last updated on July 7, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
Consolidated Vultee is an aircraft manufacturer with aircraft registered in the FAA database tracked by AviatorDB. AviatorDB tracks 121 Consolidated Vultee aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the BT-13A model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N56985. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-01 01:32:20 UTC