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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Boeing A75N1(PT17)
N55982 is a Boeing A75N1(PT17), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Streator, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 11, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 15, 1970.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- A75N1(PT17) · all A75N1(PT17)s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it. This is how the Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 75-110
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 93 mph
- Transponder code
- A72465 (octal 51622145)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 11, 2021
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 15, 1970
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00830136
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rothrock Cara J
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1357 e 19Th Rd
Streator, IL 61364-9743
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N55982 links to the rest of the register
- Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet 978 registered
- Boeing 6,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Streator, IL 27 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,061 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet 18 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet 104 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N55982, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Rothrock Cara J, an individual, certificate issued August 11, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75-110 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N55982 according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N55982: Accident on August 8, 1992 at St. Paul, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing A75N1 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INATTENTIVENESS AND IMPROPER USE OF THE AIRPLANES BRAKES. A FACTOR WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE INCORRECT BRAKE SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE AIRPLANE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data