Single-engine piston

N56360

1942 Convair BT-13A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1942
Serial
5946
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
Registration record

N56360 on the FAA register

Type
1942 Convair BT-13A
Serial
5946
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2000-09-11
Airworthiness date
1964-05-25
Registration expires
2028-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A73552
Mode S (octal)
51632522
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2000-09-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N56360.
  • 1964-05-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1942
    Manufactured (1942).
Overview

About N56360

N56360 is a 1942 Convair BT-13A, serial number 5946. The FAA register lists American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 11, 2000 and expires on September 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R1340 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated May 25, 1964.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N56360. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1967-12-04 Accident · Lancaster,Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 4264
Reported aircraft: Vultee BT-13 — a different aircraft that carried the N56360 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: IOUSLY CRACKED.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.